page_title: Silesian Park
hierarchical_section_title: Silesian Park
caption_attribution_description: English: Japanese Garden in Silesian Central Park (Poland).Polski: Ogród Japoński WPKiW.
context_page_description: Silesian Park is a recreation complex in the center of the Upper-Silesian Metropolis at a border of Chorzów and Katowice in Silesia, Poland.
  Its formal name is "General Jerzy Ziętek Voivodeship Park of Culture and Recreation", named after Jerzy Ziętek, a Silesian politician who headed the 1950s initiative to create this park. It restored an industrially devastated piece of land in the middle of a highly urbanized area.
  It is managed by WPKiW S.A..
  The area of the park is 620 hectares. By comparison, it's almost twice as big as Central Park in New York.
  In addition to the extensive green area, the following are located in the park:
  Silesian Stadium
  Silesian Zoological Garden
  Silesian Planetarium
  Silesian Amusement Park
  Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park
  Katowice International Fair Grounds
  Stadium of GKS Katowice
  Shooting range
  a swimming-pool complex
  a water sports center
  tennis courts
  the rose garden
  The Technical Progress Centre
  a hotel complex, the Polish Tourist' Society and the Polish Scouts' Association district centers, restaurants, cafés and show pavilions where flower shows and other exhibits are held.
context_section_description: Silesian Park (Polish: Park Śląski) is a recreation complex in the center of the Upper-Silesian Metropolis at a border of Chorzów and Katowice in Silesia, Poland.
  Its formal name is "General Jerzy Ziętek Voivodeship Park of Culture and Recreation" (Wojewódzki Park Kultury i Wypoczynku im. gen. Jerzego Ziętka, abbreviated WPKiW), named after Jerzy Ziętek, a Silesian politician who headed the 1950s initiative to create this park. It restored an industrially devastated piece of land in the middle of a highly urbanized area.
  It is managed by WPKiW S.A..
  The area of the park is 620 hectares. By comparison, it's almost twice as big as Central Park in New York. 
  In addition to the extensive green area, the following are located in the park:
  Silesian Stadium
  Silesian Zoological Garden
  Silesian Planetarium
  Silesian Amusement Park
  Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park
  Katowice International Fair Grounds
  Stadium of GKS Katowice
  Shooting range
  a swimming-pool complex
  a water sports center
  tennis courts
  the rose garden
  The Technical Progress Centre
  a hotel complex, the Polish Tourist' Society and the Polish Scouts' Association district centers, restaurants, cafés and show pavilions where flower shows and other exhibits are held.
caption: Japanese Garden within Silesian Central Park
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