Reden Park in Tarnowskie Góry

Reden Park is a small park on Opolska Street in Tarnowskie Góry, laid out in the 1830s on the site of former mine workings. Today it covers about 2.8 hectares and is remembered in the town's history as the former "Reden's Idyll" (Sielanka Redena).

Where the name comes from and how the park changed

Until 1815 the area was intensively mined: adits, shafts and mining installations stood here. The patron of the hill is Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden, director of the Higher Mining Office in Wrocław, from whom the name Reden Hill comes. In 1835 the site was turned into a private park by the townsman Opitz. In 1900 it was bought by the pharmacist Sylwester Jeziołkowski, and in 1926 by the restaurateur Wilhelm Paruzel, who opened the park to the public as "Reden's Idyll".

What stands here

Two historic buildings have survived in the park: a villa, which is a former pay hall from 1812, and a forge from about 1815. In the 1960s the park was expropriated and handed to the town, and in the 1970s a café, a kindergarten and a canteen were set up here. In 1998 the park returned to the heirs of its former owners. The park appears in the municipal register of monuments.

Practical information

• Location: Opolska Street, Śródmieście-Centrum, Tarnowskie Góry.
• Because of the changes of ownership, check before your visit which parts of the grounds are open to the public.
• Nearby: the Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry and Plac Gwarków.