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Encyclopedia > Muskauer Park
Fürst-Pückler-Park, Bad Muskau

The Fürst-Pückler-Park, Muskauer Park, Park von Muskau, or Park Mużakowski is the biggest English-style park of Germany and Poland. Two thirds of it are on the other side of the river Neiße in Poland. From German WP--see there for (c) details according to original at de:Bild:Puecklerpark. ... From German WP--see there for (c) details according to original at de:Bild:Puecklerpark. ... Nysa (Polish Nysa, German Neiße, Czech Nisa) is a name of a few rivers and a town in Silesia. ...


Fürst Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785-1871) of Bad Muskau planned the park after intense studies in England, assisted by the later - e.g. in the USA - well-known landscape gardener, Eduard Petzoldt. Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pückler-Muskau (30 October 1785 - 4 February 1871) was a German nobleman, who was an excellent artist in landscape gardening and wrote widely appreciated books, mostly about his travels in Europe and Northern Africa. ... Bad Muskau, formerly Muskau, is a small county town in Lusatia, Germany, being the site of the famous Muskauer Park. ...


Fürst-Pückler-Park was made part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site on July 2, 2004. UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


External links

  • Stiftung Fürst-Pückler-Park, Bad Muskau (http://www.muskauer-park.de/)
  • Impressionen im Fürst-Pückler-Park, Bad Muskau (http://www.fuerstpuecklerpark.de/)

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Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski - UNESCO World Heritage Centre (309 words)
Criterion (i): Muskauer Park is an exceptional example of a European landscape park that broke new ground in terms of development towards an ideal made-made landscape.
Criterion (iv): Muskauer Park was the forerunner for new approaches to landscape design in cities, and influenced the development of ‘landscape architecture’ as a discipline.
Criterion (i): Muskauer Park is an exceptional example of a European landscape park that broke new ground in terms of development towards an ideal humanmade landscape.
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