Stefan Żeromski Park (Szczecin)

This article is about urban park in Szczecin, Poland. For urban park in Warsaw, Poland, see Stefan Żeromski Park (Warsaw).
Stefan Żeromski Park
The Stefan Żeromski Park in 2022.
Map
TypeUrban park
LocationSzczecin, Poland
Coordinates53°26′0″N 14°33′45″E / 53.43333°N 14.56250°E / 53.43333; 14.56250
Area21.97 ha (54.3 acres)
Created1910

The Stefan Żeromski Park,[a] until 1945 known as the Grabowo Gardens,[b] is an urban park in Szczecin, Poland. It is located in the Old Town neighborhood, within the Downtown district, between Matejki, Malczewskiego, Parkowa, Kapitańska, Storrady, Wawelska, Starzyńskiego, and Zygmunta Starego Streets. With an area of 21.97 ha, it is the second largest park in the city. It was established in 1910, in place of the former Grabowo Cemetery.

Name

The park is named after Stefan Żeromski, a 19th- and 20th-century novelist and dramatist.[1] Before 1945, it was known as the Grabowo Gardens (German: Grabower Anlagen).[2]

History

Between 1735 and 1741, Fort Leopold was constructed to the southeast of the current park, as part of the city fortifications of the Szczecin Fortress. It was designed by Gerhard Cornelius van Wallrawe.[3][4]

In the first half of the 18th century the Reformed Christian cemetery was also founded in the area. It was used by the French community, which had begun settling in the city after 1721. It was located between current Storrady Street, Wawelska Street, Parkowa Street, and Kapitańska Street.[5]

In 1802, the local authorities enacted a law forbidding burying people in churches and their adjacent cemeteries, that were located within the city walls. Accordingly, the Grabowo Cemetery, a new large all-religion cemetery, with an area of 5.5 ha was opened that year. It was placed near current Malczewskiego Street, between Fort Leopold and the village of Grabowo.[6][5]

Among the first people buried there was Carl Böttcher (died 1803), one of the initiators of its construction. Other notable graves included Johann August Sack (died 1831), government official and the Supreme President of the Province of Pomerania, and painter Eduard Hildebrandt (died 1868).[6][7]

In 1846 another cemetery area was opened, to the north of Malczewskiego Street, in a form of a rectangle with length of 200 m, and width of 80 m. It was placed between buildings at current Malczewskiego, Kazimierza, Plater, and Parkowa Streets.[6][5]

In 1873, the city fortifications, including Fort Leopold, were dismantled. The cemetery was expanded in their place, including the area between current Matejki Street, Malczewskiego Street, Parkowa Street, Wawelska Street, Starzyńskiego Street, and Zygmunta Starego Street. To the southeast, it bordered the French Reformed Church Cemetery.[6]

At the end of the 19th century, the cemetery became full, and a portion of its graves deteriorated and became overgrown. It was closed for new burials and replaced in that role by the Central Cemetery, opened in 1901. Between 1888 and 1890, the St. Stanislaus Kostka Church (then known as the Church of Peace) was constructed to the north of the cemetery.[6][7]

Between 1902 and 1907, the Haken Terrace scenic boulevard (now known as the Chrobry Embankment) was developed to the south of the cemetery at the former fortification ramparts. Between 1906 and 1921, the Stettin Region Administrative Building (now Szczecin Voivodeship Office, the City Museum (now Szczecin National Museum), and the social insurance institution and Chief Customs Directorate buildings (both now housing the Maritime University of Szczecin) were constructed alongside it.[8]

Most of the gravestones of the Grabowo Cemetery were removed in 1910, with the area being turned into a park, known as the Grabowo Gardens (German: Grabower Anlagen). Fountains and a coffeehouse were installed. Several graves of historical importance, belonging to the most notable city inhabitants, were spared. In 1924, an exception was made and Albert Toepfer, a local entrepreneur and one of the richest inhabitants, was buried at the former cemetery.[2] In 1912, the Park House (German: Parkhaus) café, designed by Wilhelm Meyer-Schwartau was opened. Currently, since 1995, the Park Hotel occupies the building.[1][9] In 1913, at the square next to the park was unveiled a bronze equestrian statue dedicated to Frederick III, the Emperor of Germany in 1888. It was made by Ludwig Manzel, and stood there until 1942, when it was taken down to be melted for materials for the military[10]

The French Reformed Church Cemetery was renovated in 1926, and a brick chapel and a wooden gardener's building were constructed. It was closed for burials in 1937.[5] The chapel was destroyed during World War II. After 1945, it began being known as Żabikowo Cemetery among the Polish population which settled in the city following the end of the conflict.[5]

After 1945, the Grabowo Gardens were renamed as Stefan Żeromski Park, while the former cemetery north of Malczewskiego Street was turned into the Stanisław Nadratowski Park. Most of the remaining gravestones were removed in the early 1950s, although a few of them survived to as far as the 1980s. The graves themselves were never exhumed.[2][7] The gravestones at the nearby French Reformed Church Cemetery were also removed in 1965, and it was incorporated into the park.[11][6]

On 3 May 1960, the Adam Mickiewicz Monument, designed by Sławomir Lewiński, was unveiled at the Mickiewicz Square next to the park. It consists of a concrete statue depicting its namesake, a 19th-century poet, writer, and political activist. It was placed at the former location of the statue of Frederick III.[10]

In the 1970s, a monument dedicated to its namesake, Stefan Żeromski, and a few sculptures were unveiled in the park.

Since 1983, the park has the status of a protected cultural property.[12]

In 2020, during the construction works, a black granite gravestone dating to 1867 was uncovered in the park. It belonged to stockbroker Johan-Julius Röscher (1800–1867), and remains the oldest surviving gravestone from the Grabowo Cemetery. It was moved to the Central Cemetery.[7][13]

Characteristics

The Stefan Żeromski Park in 2010.

The park is located in the Old Town neighborhood, within the Downtown district, between Matejki, Malczewskiego, Parkowa, Kapitańska, Storrady, Wawelska, Starzyńskiego, and Zygmunta Starego Streets. With an area of 21.97 ha, it is the second largest park in the city, after the Jan Kasprowicz Park.[14][15]

It is an arboretum with around 177 species of trees and bushes growing there.[16]

There are also located a few sculptures, them being:

  • the monument dedicated to Stefan Żeromski, made in 1978 by Sławomir Lewiński;
  • sculpture Prometheus by Anna Paszkiewicz from 1978;
  • sculpture Fountain by Sławomir Lewiński from 1977;
  • and sculpture Motherhood by Anna Paszkiewicz from 1970.[1][15]

There are also two rocks with statues of natural monuments, them being:

To the southeast from the park are placed two urban squares, located between Starzyńskiego, Szczerbowca, Jarowita, and Zygmunta Starego Streets, and separated by Henryka Pobożnego Street. They are the Adam Mickiewicz Square (Polish: Plac Adama Mickiewicza) to the north, and Women's Rights Square (Polish: Plac Praw Kobiet) to the south. The former includes the Adam Mickiewicz Monument, made in 1960 by Sławomir Lewiński.[10][17]

In the park is located the Park Hotel, a historical building dating to 1912.[1][9] Around the park are also located numerous notable buildings, such as Chrobry Embankment, Szczecin Philharmonic, Szczecin National Museum, St. Nicholas Church, Maritime University of Szczecin, and Szczecin Voivodeship Office.[15] To the northeast it borders the Stanisław Nadratowski Park.[18]

The park has the status of a protected cultural property.[12]

Notes

  1. ^ Polish: Park im. Stefana Żeromskiego
  2. ^ German: Grabower Anlagen; Polish: Ogrody Grabowskie

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Park im. Stefana Żeromskiego w Szczecinie". parki.org.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2024-06-15. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  2. ^ a b c "Przewodnik po szczecińskich cmentarzach". miasta.gazeta.pl (in Polish). 30 October 2010. Archived from the original on 2007-01-01.
  3. ^ Andrzej Kraśnicki Jr. (6 October 2016). "Co zostało z twierdzy Szczecin? Podziemia, forty, tajemnicze mury [ZDJĘCIA]". szczecin.wyborcza.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Fortyfikacje Szczecina". bip.um.szczecin.pl (in Polish).
  5. ^ a b c d e "Zapomniane cmentarze, cz. II". turystyka.stetinum.pl (in Polish). 14 November 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-01-14.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Cmentarze Szczecina". cmentarze.szczecin.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2024-02-29. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  7. ^ a b c d "Kto wykopał nagrobek maklera giełdowego Johanna-Juliusa Röschera?". szczecin.wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 3 April 2020. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  8. ^ Encyklopedia Szczecina, vol. 2. Szczecin: University of Szczecin, 2000, p. 585–587. ISBN 83-7241-089-5. (in Polish)
  9. ^ a b "Historia Hotelu Park". parkhotel.szczecin.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  10. ^ a b c "Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza". visitszczecin.eu (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2024-06-15. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  11. ^ Andrzej Kraśnicki Jr. (28 October 2011). "Gdzie kiedyś były cmentarze? Część 2 [ZDJĘCIA]". szczecin.wyborcza.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Rejestr zabytków województwa Zachodniopomorskiego". wkz.bip.alfatv.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2024-06-15. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  13. ^ "Odnaleźli zabytkowy czarny nagrobek w parku Żeromskiego [FILM]". 24kurier.pl (in Polish). 4 April 2020. Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Raport o stanie miasta Szczecina 2004". szczecin.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  15. ^ a b c d Leszek Wójcik (15 June 2023). "Park Żeromskiego w Szczecinie małym Central Parkiem? 'To miejsce ma potencjał'". gs24.pl. Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  16. ^ Stachak Aleksandra, B. Maślak: "Drzewa i krzewy parków centrum Szczecina", Rocznik Dendrologiczny, no. 38, p. 73–103. (in Polish)
  17. ^ Grzegorz Kluczyński (30 June 2021). "Reprezentacyjne miejsce z nową nazwą. W Szczecinie będzie Plac Praw Kobiet". szczecin.se.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  18. ^ Marek Rudnicki (12 October 2017). "Park Nadratowskiego i kolejny etap jego upiększania. Co zrobiono?". gs24.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.

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