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{{Short description|Urban park in Warsaw, Poland}} {{Short description|Urban park in Warsaw, Poland}}
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The '''Birch Woods Park''' ({{langx|pl|Park Lasek Brzozowy}}) is an ] and a small ] area in the city of ], Poland, within the district of ]. It is located in the neighbourhood of ], between Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue, Belgradzka Street, and Lanciego Street. The '''Birch Woods Park''' ({{langx|pl|Park Lasek Brzozowy}}) is an ] and a small ] area in ], Poland, within the district of ]. It is located in the neighbourhood of ], between Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue, Belgradzka Street, and Lanciego Street.


== History == == History ==
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In 2008 was aproved plan to revitalise the park area. In 2010, there were constructed pathways and a playground, and in 2014, was also added a ].<ref name=hu2>{{cite web|url=https://haloursynow.pl/pl/11_wiadomosci/740_inwestycje/9055_lasek-brzozowy-mial-byc-park-cudo-skonczy-sie-na-tym-co-jest.html|language=pl|website=haloursynow.pl|date=24 January 2018|title=Lasek Brzozowy. Miał być park 'cudo', skończy się na tym co jest}}</ref> In 2008 was aproved plan to revitalise the park area. In 2010, there were constructed pathways and a playground, and in 2014, was also added a ].<ref name=hu2>{{cite web|url=https://haloursynow.pl/pl/11_wiadomosci/740_inwestycje/9055_lasek-brzozowy-mial-byc-park-cudo-skonczy-sie-na-tym-co-jest.html|language=pl|website=haloursynow.pl|date=24 January 2018|title=Lasek Brzozowy. Miał być park 'cudo', skończy się na tym co jest}}</ref>


In 2015, it was planed to construct there the ]. Due to protests of the local inhabitants, it was decided against the location, and the building was instesd constructed at 568 ] in the neighbourhood of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://haloursynow.pl/pl/11_wiadomosci/740_inwestycje/3231_na-ursynowie-powstanie-cerkiew-bedzie-widoczna-z-daleka.html|title=Na Ursynowie powstanie… cerkiew! Będzie widoczna z daleka|website=haloursynow.pl|language=pl|date=27 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hagia Sophia przy Puławskiej|url=https://warszawa.gosc.pl/doc/6547420.Hagia-Sophia-przy-Pulawskiej|website=warszawa.gosc.pl|language=pl|date=1 October 2020}}</ref> In 2015, it was planed to construct there the ]. Due to protests of the local inhabitants, it was decided against the location, and the building was instead constructed at 568 ] in the neighbourhood of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://haloursynow.pl/pl/11_wiadomosci/740_inwestycje/3231_na-ursynowie-powstanie-cerkiew-bedzie-widoczna-z-daleka.html|title=Na Ursynowie powstanie… cerkiew! Będzie widoczna z daleka|website=haloursynow.pl|language=pl|date=27 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hagia Sophia przy Puławskiej|url=https://warszawa.gosc.pl/doc/6547420.Hagia-Sophia-przy-Pulawskiej|website=warszawa.gosc.pl|language=pl|date=1 October 2020}}</ref>


== Characteristics == == Characteristics ==
It is placed between Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue, Belgradzka Street, and Lanciego Street, and divided into two. The western smaller part contains a recreational park area, with football pitch and playgrounds. The eastern larger part contains a small woodland area known as the Birch Woods {{langx|pl|link=no|Lasek Brzozowy}}, administered by the Warsaw Municipal Forestry. Despite the name, it is not dominated by ] trees. The park has the total area of 3.64 ha.<ref name=hu1/><ref name=um>{{cite web|url=https://ursynow.um.warszawa.pl/-/park-lasek-brzozowy|website=ursynow.um.warszawa.pl|language=pl|title=Park Lasek Brzozowy|language=pl}}</ref> It is placed between Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue, Belgradzka Street, and Lanciego Street, and divided into two areas. The western smaller part contains a recreational park area, with football pitch and playgrounds. The eastern larger part contains a small woodland area known as the Birch Woods ({{langx|pl|link=no|Lasek Brzozowy}}), administered by the Warsaw Municipal Forestry. Despite the name, it is not dominated by ] trees. The park has the total area of 3.64 ha.<ref name=hu1/><ref name=um>{{cite web|url=https://ursynow.um.warszawa.pl/-/park-lasek-brzozowy|website=ursynow.um.warszawa.pl|language=pl|title=Park Lasek Brzozowy}}</ref>


== References == == References ==

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Urban park in Warsaw, Poland
Birch Woods Park
The park as seen from Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue in 2020.
TypeUrban park, woodland
LocationUrsynów, Warsaw, Poland
Coordinates52°08′30″N 21°03′29″E / 52.14167°N 21.05806°E / 52.14167; 21.05806
Area3.64 ha
Created2010

The Birch Woods Park (Polish: Park Lasek Brzozowy) is an urban park and a small woodland area in Warsaw, Poland, within the district of Ursynów. It is located in the neighbourhood of Natolin, between Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue, Belgradzka Street, and Lanciego Street.

History

By the 1970s, through the area of current park run a dirt road, connecting Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue and Lanciego Street. As the local government anticipated that it would eventually be developed into a paved street, in 1977, it named it after Henryk Świątkowski, a lawyer who was the Minister of Justice of Poland from 1945 to 1956. While it was never constructed, the name remained listed in the municipal records until 2013. Today, it remains as a foodpath cutting through the middle of the park.

In 2008 was aproved plan to revitalise the park area. In 2010, there were constructed pathways and a playground, and in 2014, was also added a football pitch.

In 2015, it was planed to construct there the St. Sophia Church of the Holy Wisdom. Due to protests of the local inhabitants, it was decided against the location, and the building was instead constructed at 568 Puławska Street in the neighbourhood of Jeziorki.

Characteristics

It is placed between Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue, Belgradzka Street, and Lanciego Street, and divided into two areas. The western smaller part contains a recreational park area, with football pitch and playgrounds. The eastern larger part contains a small woodland area known as the Birch Woods (Polish: Lasek Brzozowy), administered by the Warsaw Municipal Forestry. Despite the name, it is not dominated by birch trees. The park has the total area of 3.64 ha.

References

  1. ^ "Skąd Lasek Brzozowy, a skąd Kulogłowi? Ciekawostki o ursynowskich parkach". haloursynow.pl (in Polish). 5 September 2024.
  2. "Lasek Brzozowy. Miał być park 'cudo', skończy się na tym co jest". haloursynow.pl (in Polish). 24 January 2018.
  3. "Na Ursynowie powstanie… cerkiew! Będzie widoczna z daleka". haloursynow.pl (in Polish). 27 January 2015.
  4. "Hagia Sophia przy Puławskiej". warszawa.gosc.pl (in Polish). 1 October 2020.
  5. "Park Lasek Brzozowy". ursynow.um.warszawa.pl (in Polish).
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