Heroldovy sady Park

Heroldovy sady is situated in Prague 10-Vršovice between the streets of Kodánská, Dutch and Vršovická square. Their area is 1,43 hectares and lies at an altitude of 224 to 235 metres. The park is divided into two parts - the reconstructed half under Kodanski Street and the area around the Vršovický castle also known as the Ranger. Today in the parks, the maple milk grows, the lepian linden, the black pine, the spiny spruce, the warm ash, the thorn and the red and the japanese larch.

The history of this place is a fascinating picture of Czech social and economic changes. In the 14th century there were vineyards, part of which belonged to the order of German knights. The fundamental twist came in 1842 when Jindřich Rangheri bought the land from Baron James Wimmer and planted a mulberry orchard. From the trees he obtained food for silkworm, which he kept in a newly built two-storey silk factory. After Rangheri's death, however, the factory and the orchards died and the land was sold to small farmers.

The turning point was 1882, when the municipality bought the land, including the castle, and turned the desolate orchard into a public park. The decisive year was 1885, when Vršovice was promoted to town. The festival in the park, which was then called the City Sets, was honored and the park was built with a stone needle commemorating the promotion of the village and the merit of Mayor Herold. In the following decade there was a gradual transformation - since 1892, the park has partly built on the north side of the school buildings. Between 1899 and 1900 there was a reconstruction of the former factory in a neo-Renaissance style into a historic castle and the surrounding area was renovated including demolishing the walls separating the park from Vršovický Square and building a two-arm staircase on the slope.

The second part of the park grew between 1905 and 1906 according to plans of city gardener František Zítek under today's street Kodánský. The area of the orchards was thus extended to 30,000 square meters. In May 1908, the local organisation of the National Liberation Party introduced Herold's linden and placed the mayor's memorial. After the First World War, the park got further modifications and banana trees became part of it, which not only took over, but even blossomed in 1926. In the 1930s, the oldest part of the orchards were repaired, but World War II damaged the park considerably - there were built military shelters and fire tanks.

After 1948 the park stал was part of the ideological changes - its name was changed to the Nadezhda Nadezhda Constatinovna Krupskaya, in honor of the wife of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Only after 1989 did the park get the name of the founder again. At the end of the 1990s, a tiered fountain consisting of circular and semi-circular pools was created here according to Pavel Šimko's design, which was dismantled in 2011. In the park today you will also find Lip of the Republic planted in 1998. Since 2013 there is the first "park" library in the parks where visitors can exchange books.

Heroldovy sady represents an oasis of calm in a densely built neighborhood and is a testament to the rich past of a Prague location. There are many interesting buildings around the park including Vršovický castle, St. Nicholas church and Alois Jirásek theatre. The park offers a walk through more than a hundred and fifty years of urban history and the possibility of relaxing in nature.