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At the turn of the 19th century and during the following decades, urban public gardens were established sequentially all throughout Europe. The Pest City Park, Stadtwäldchen by its contemporary official German name, is of paramount importance among them. Its significance lies in the fact that it is the world’s first public garden of this scale, established by a city on its own property, at its own expense, for its own burghers, by selecting the designer based on a competition. The commission was won in 1813 by Heinrich NEBBIEN, who completed the work
by 1815. The public garden in Pest – regarding its essential elements, spatial structure, vegetation, water surfaces, and walkway system – was built based on his designs between 1816 and 1832. NEBBIEN’s creation is also significant, because the City Park was one of the most beautiful public gardens of the age, maybe even the most beautiful one.
Keywords: City Park, public garden, Heinrich NEBBIEN, Classical landscape garden, Romantic garden, structural analysis, spatial structure, history of garden design, landscape architecture