{{Short description|Historical park in Sosnowiec, Poland}} {{Infobox park | name = Dietel Park | native_name = Park Dietla | image = Zabytkowa Glorietta w Parku Dietla 001.jpg | image_alt = A neoclassical pavilion in a park setting. | image_caption = The Gloriette in Dietel Park | location = Sosnowiec, Poland | area = 6.13 ha | established = 1901 | designer = Ernst Robert Pietsche, Fritz Hanishem | designation = Registered historical monument (A/1702/98)<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://wkz.katowice.pl/uslugi/rejestr-zabytkow/spis-obiektow-wpisanych-do-rejestru-zabytkow/rejestr-zabytkow-nieruchomych-a | title =Spis obiektów nieruchomych wpisanych do rejestru zabytków z terenu województwa śląskiego (stan na 4 czerwca 2024 r.) | trans-title=List of immovable objects entered in the register of monuments in the Silesian Voivodeship (as of June 4, 2024)"| publisher = wkz.katowice.pl | language = pl | access-date = 2021-12-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109202003/http://wkz.katowice.pl/uslugi/rejestr-zabytkow/spis-obiektow-wpisanych-do-rejestru-zabytkow/rejestr-zabytkow-nieruchomych-a | archive-date=2024-11-09}}</ref> | coordinates = {{coord|50.28528|19.13639|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} }}
'''Dietel Park''' (Polish: ''Park Dietla''), also colloquially known as "Żeromski Park" (Polish: ''Park Żeromskiego''), is a historic municipal park in Sosnowiec, Poland, covering an area of 6.13 hectares. It is located on Stefana Żeromskiego Street in the Pogoń district. The park was established in 1901 by Heinrich Dietel, in the Neo-Romantic style, as a complement to the private buildings that were part of his estate.<ref name="ref2">{{cite web|title=Park Dietla w Sosnowcu {{!}} Klub Zagłębiowski|url=http://klubzaglebiowski.pl/?p=1121|language=pl|access-date=2018-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730203229/http://klubzaglebiowski.pl/?p=1121|archive-date=2017-07-30|publisher=Klub Zagłębiowski|date=2018-04-28}}</ref> Together with the Dietel Palace and surrounding buildings, it is a listed historical monument.<ref name="ref1">{{cite web|title=Rejestr zabytków w Sosnowcu|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127025103/http://www.wkz.katowice.pl/documents/rejestr_zabytkow/Gmina_Sosnowiec.doc|language=pl|access-date=2018-05-13|publisher=Śląski Wojewódzki Konserwator Zabytków w Katowicach|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127025103/http://www.wkz.katowice.pl/documents/rejestr_zabytkow/Gmina_Sosnowiec.doc|archive-date=2015-11-27}}</ref>
==History==
thumb|left|Dietel Park in 1912.
The park was created in 1901 in the village of Nowy Sosnowiec, initiated by the local industrialist, Heinrich Dietel. He hired the German gardener Ernst Robert Pietsche and the architect Fritz Hanishem for its design and construction.<ref>{{citation|language=pl|last=Kantor-Mirski|first=Marian|title=Z przeszłości Zagłębia Dąbrowskiego i okolicy, 1931, T. 1, z. 21|date=1931|access-date=2024-03-07|page=328|url=https://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra/publication/77152}}</ref> The project was carried out on land adjacent to the palace, which was previously an agricultural field.<ref name="ref3">{{cite web|title=Park Dietla w Sosnowcu to niezwykłe miejsce. Tutaj spotyka się historia i nowoczesność miasta. Poznaj jego historię.|url=https://dziennikzachodni.pl/park-dietla-w-sosnowcu-to-niezwykle-miejsce-tutaj-spotyka-sie-historia-i-nowoczesnosc-miasta-poznaj-jego-historie/ar/c7-16800877|language=pl|access-date=2024-03-06|date=2022-08-29|publisher=www.dziennikzachodni.pl|first=Adam|last=Tobojka}}</ref> A pond was deepened, its banks were leveled and planted with aquatic vegetation. On boulders in the middle of the pond, a statue of Neptune with a trident was placed.<ref name="ref4">{{cite web|title=Pałac Dietla w Sosnowcu i wybrane elementy jego wystroju - Instytut im. Wojciecha Korfantego|url=https://instytutkorfantego.pl/blog/palac-dietla-w-sosnowcu-i-wybrane-elementy-jego-wystroju/|language=pl|access-date=2024-03-06|publisher=instytutkorfantego.pl}}</ref> A viewing terrace with a balustrade was created in the western part of the park. Artificial depressions, grottoes, and ravines were created, with walking paths winding through them.<ref>{{cite book|language=pl|last=Bulsa|first=Michał|title=Patronackie osiedla robotnicze. Tom 2: Zagłębie Dąbrowskie, Ziemia Rybnicka, Ziemia Wodzisławska|date=2023|page=75-76|publisher=Łódź}}</ref> On a hill, artificial ruins were built in the style of a knight's castle, which contained tools, weapons, and murals referencing knightly art.<ref name="ref2"/> Near the ruins a gloriette was constructed in a neoclassical style.<ref name="ref3"/> In the central part of the park, a Temple of Sibyl, also known as the "Temple of Contemplation", was erected on a stone elevation surrounded by a small terrace.<ref name="ref4"/> The temple was a brick structure with plaster, and a decorative portico with a mythological scene over the entrance, supported by four columns. The building was topped with a dome crowned by a figure of a Sibyl. A carefully designed plant composition with two fountains in the middle was created in front of it. The park was enclosed by a wall with two gates. In 1903, it was expanded with a vegetable garden and recreational area for horse riding.<ref name="ref2"/> It served the Dietl family until their departure from Sosnowiec during World War II.<ref name="ref3"/>
In 1945, the park became a publicly accessible municipal park. Over time, the surrounding walls were demolished, and the park and its structures deteriorated. The Temple of Sibyl, which housed a café in the 1950s, was demolished around 1970.<ref name="ref2"/> A significant part of the park was transformed due to the construction of new city sports facilities. In 1972, a sports and entertainment hall was opened, followed by an indoor swimming pool in 1977. The only structure that has survived in almost unchanged form to this day is the gloriette, which underwent a major renovation in 2022 and regained its pre-war appearance.<ref name="ref3"/>
On December 31, 1998, the Neo-Romantic park of Heinrich Dietl, along with the buildings associated with the former palace, was listed as a historical monument.<ref name="ref1"/> Following a resolution by the Sosnowiec City Council on September 24, 2009, it was officially named "Dietel Park."<ref>{{cite web|title=Uchwała Nr 660/L/09 Rady Miejskiej w Sosnowcu z dnia 24 września 2009 roku w sprawie: nadania parkowi przy ulicy Żeromskiego nazwy "Park Dietla".|url=https://bip.um.sosnowiec.pl/a,449210,uchwala-nr-660l09-rady-miejskiej-w-sosnowcu-z-dnia-24-wrzesnia-2009-roku-w-sprawie-nadania-parkowi-p.html|language=pl|access-date=2024-03-19|publisher=bip.um.sosnowiec.pl}}</ref>
==Vegetation==
thumb|left|Pond with the 'Amber Lady' (Pinus peuce) in the background. The park features approximately 60 species of trees and shrubs, the oldest of which are around 110 years old. Among them are rare specimens such as the two-colored beech, Paper birch, and Silver lime. There are also several massive trees, including a Silver maple, 6 London plane trees, an American basswood, Northern red oak, Large-leaved linden, Bur oak, Norway maple, and European ash.<ref name="ref0">{{cite web |date=2003-12-18 |title=Program Ochrony Środowiska dla miasta Sosnowca; Uchwały nr 244/XIX/03 Rady Miejskiej w Sosnowcu |url=https://bip.um.sosnowiec.pl/Download/get/id,1250989.html |access-date=2025-01-22 |language=pl}}</ref> One of the more unique trees in the park is a Macedonian pine growing by the edge of the pond.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bursztynowa Dama – rumelijska piękność w stolicy Zagłębia|url=https://przyrodadlasosnowca.wordpress.com/2020/11/23/bursztynowa-dama-rumelijska-pieknosc-w-stolicy-zaglebia/|language=pl-PL|access-date=2024-10-20|date=2020-11-23|publisher=Przemysław Bartos}}</ref> ==See also== * Dietel Palace
==External links== * [http://archiwum.41-200.pl/index.php?/tags/161-park_dietla Park Dietla in old photographs] (in Polish) *[https://fotopolska.eu/1711637,foto.html?s=0.83&cx=593&cy=425 Park on a lithograph from the early 20th century from the album "115 years of Sosnowiec"] (in Polish) *{{Commons-inline}} *{{Osmway-inline|84761313}}
==References== {{Reflist}} Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Sosnowiec Category:Parks in Sosnowiec