Muskau Park
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landscape park in the Upper Lusatia region of Germany and Poland
Key facts
- Location
- Bad Muskau , Görlitz , Saxony , Germany , and Łęknica , Żary County , Lubusz Voivodeship , Poland ; Historic region: Upper Lusatia
- Criteria
- Cultural: (i), (iv)
- Inscription
- 2004 (28th Session )
- Area
- 348 ha (860 acres)
- Buffer zone
- 1,204.65 ha (2,976.8 acres)
- Website
- www .muskauer-park .de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- park
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Bad Muskau
- Area
- 1204.65
- Official website
- www.muskauer-park.de
- Image
- 1024 2012-1-sept-5088.jpg
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- Commons gallery
- Fürst-Pückler-Park Bad Muskau
- Commons category
- Muskau Park
- heritage designation
- Historical monument of Poland
- inception
- 1815-01-17
- street address
- Bauhof 1 bis 6, 8 bis 12, 14; Hermannsbad 1, 5, 7, 8, 9 (Villa Pückler, Villa Bellevue, Obersteigerhaus, Badehaus, Turmvilla, Villa Caroline); Schloßstraße 4, 9 (Neues Schloss, Altes Schloss, Kavaliershaus); Buchenweg 1 (Weinberghaus), Hermannsbad
- P6482
- Muskau Park
- native label
- Fürst-Pückler-Park
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Encyclopedic overview
Muskau Park (German: Muskauer Park, officially: Fürst-Pückler-Park Bad Muskau; Polish: Park Mużakowski) is a landscape park in the Upper Lusatia region of Germany and Poland. It is the largest and one of the most famous English gardens in Central Europe, stretching along both sides of the German–Polish border on the Lusatian Neisse. The park was laid out from 1815 onwards at the behest of Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785–1871), centered on his Schloss Muskau residence.
In July 2004, Muskau Park was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites (as a joint effort between Poland and Germany) because of its 'utopian' design that incorporates both native plants and the nearby town, and its influence on the development of landscape architecture. The park also stands as one of Poland's official Historic Monuments (pomnik historii), as designated on May 1, 2004, and tracked by the National Heritage Board of Poland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Muskau Park” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.