Park Zamarstynowski, Urban forest park in Lviv, Ukraine
Park Zamarstynowski covers 37 hectares on the southeastern edge of the Roztochchia hills in northern Lviv, bounded by Hetmana Ivana Mazepy, Pylypa Orlyka and Viry, Nadii, Liubovi streets. Its lower section along Mazepy Street was landscaped in 2020–2021 with paths, gazebos, benches and sports grounds, while wooded slopes rise above.
Laid out in 1978 ahead of the 60th anniversary of the USSR, celebrated on 30 December 1982, the park was created alongside the housing estate on the street then named after the city of Pécs, now Hetmana Ivana Mazepy Street. It was long neglected; after independence it took the name Zamarstynivskyi Park after the nearby district of Zamarstyniv. In 2018 funds were allocated for improvements, and in 2020–2021 the lower section by Mazepy Street received paths, gazebos, benches and sports grounds.
The park's name recalls Zamarstyniv, the old suburb beside which it lies; under Soviet rule it was called Park of the 60th Anniversary of the USSR. Since 2022 foreign sponsors have funded bulb plantings — tulips, muscari and Allium — that flower in spring and early summer. In the landscaped lower section, beds of ornamental grasses such as Miscanthus and Pennisetum frame the paths.
The grounds are accessible on foot from multiple sides with marked trails for various activities. Visitors will find open areas for rest and shaded spots under trees for warmer days.
Behind Lyceum No. 81 named after Petro Sahaidachny, on the park's western edge, lies a small cemetery where about 330 German prisoners of war who died in the Second World War are buried. The park occupies 37 hectares on the southeastern edge of the Roztochchia hills.
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