- Silesian Culture and Recreation Park
Silesian Culture and Recreation Park or Silesian Central Park or Voivodship Culture and Recreation Park ( _pl. Śląski Park Kultury i Wypoczynku, Wojewódzki Park Kultury i Wypoczynku), also sometimes unofficially referred to as "General
Jerzy Ziętek Park", is a recreation complex in the center of theUpper Silesian Metropolitan Union (cities ofChorzów andKatowice ) inSilesia ,Poland . It was founded in the 1960s from an initiative of local politician Jerzy Ziętek as a popular community center for sports, arts, and recreation. It is the second largest city park in Europe [pl icon [http://miasta.gazeta.pl/katowice/1,68888,2948745.html Gazeta.pl] , [http://www.tysiaclecie.pl/wyswietl.php?idk=9&id=2 District "Tysiąclecie" of Katowice] , [http://gospodarka.silesia-region.pl/pl/tur10.php economic informant Silesian Voivodeship] and [http://www.google.pl/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-45,GGGL:pl&q=%22Wojew%C3%B3dzki+Park+Kultury+i+Wypoczynku%22+najwi%C4%99kszy+park+w+europie%22 other sources in google] ] . Its area is 620 hectares.In addition to the extensive green area, the following are located in the park:
*Silesian Stadium
*Silesian Planetarium
*Silesian Zoological Garden
*Silesian Amusement Park
*Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park
*Katowice International Fair Grounds
* Stadium ofGKS 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.External links
*pl icon [http://www.wpkiw.com.pl Website Park]
*pl icon [http://www.planetarium.chorzow.net.pl Website Silesian Planetarium]
*pl icon [http://fotogalerie.pl/galeria/galeria_krystian Gallery (photo)]Annotations
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