The Wyczółki Park (; ) is a private park in Warsaw, Poland. It is located in Wyczyółki neighbourhood of Ursynów district, between Łęczyny, Wyczółki, and Pieskowa Skała Streets. It dates to 1805 when it was founded as an English landscape garden. The park has an area of 3 ha.
History In 1805, castellan Franciszek Krotkowski, who then owned the village of Wyczyółki, built there the Wyczółki Manor House as his residence. It was placed near two Berensewicz Ponds. Around them was developed an English landscape garden.Czesław Łaszek: Przyroda Warszawy. Warsaw: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, 1980, p. 19. (in Polish) In 1938, the area was incorporated into Warsaw.Lech Królikowski: Ursynów wczoraj, dziś, jutro. Warsaw, 2014, p. 77. (in Polish) In 1965, the park, together with sculptures located in it, were given the status of a protected cultural property.
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The park is located between Łęczyny, Wyczółki, and Pieskowa Skała Streets. It is a private property, and closed off to the public.Anna Pawlikowska-Piechotka: Turystyka i wypoczynek w zabytkowych parkach Warszawy. Gdynia: Wydawnictwo Novae Res, 2009, p. 135. ISBN 978-83-61194-88-0. (in Polish) It includes the Wyczółki Manor House, a historical residence dating to 1805, several sculptures, and a small chappel. Small lakes, known as the Berensewicz Ponds are also located here.Kwiryna Handke: Dzieje Warszawy nazwami pisane. Warszawa: Museum of Warsaw, 2011, pp. 368, 379. ISBN 978-83-62189-08-3. (in Polish) It has an area of 3 ha.
The park has tree species such as elm, silver poplar, horse chestnut, Norway maple, pedunculate oak, and to a lesser extent also eastern white pine, Austrian pine, and European larch. Three elms, with diameters of their trunks over 3 m, have statues of natural monument. Additionally, such distinction was also held by a black poplar, with diameter of its trunk of 625 cm, making it one of the largest trees in the city. It lost said status in 2012, following its death.Uchwała Nr XLV/1198/2012 Rady miasta stołecznego Warszawy z dnia 18 października 2012 r. w sprawie zniesienia statusu pomników przyrody", Dziennik Urzędowy Województwa Mazowieckiego. Warsaw: Masovian Voivodeship Office, position 7304, 6 November 2012. (in Polish)
The park, together with sculptures located in it, have the status of a protected cultural property.
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