{{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 The People's Garden (in Hungarian: ''Népkert)'' is a park in

Miskolc Miskolc ( , ; ; Czech language, Czech and ; ; ; ) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 as of 1 January 2014, Miskolc is the List of cities and towns in Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, ...

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. With an area of 56.921 m², it is the third largest park of Miskolc (after

Tapolca Tapolca (; ) is a town in Veszprém County, Hungary, close to Lake Balaton. It is located at around . The town has an outer suburb, Tapolca-Diszel, approximately 5 km to the East. Etymology The origin of ''Tapolca'' is disputed, originat ...

-Hejőliget and

Csanyik The Csanyik Valley, or simply ''Csanyik'', is a valley in Miskolc, near Lillafüred, Hungary. With an area of 105.801 m2 it is the second largest green area of the city after ''Tapolca-Hejőliget.'' The valley got its name after the mediaeval vi ...

, but since those are in the outer districts, Népkert is the largest park in the city proper. There are many sports facilities in the park.

History

The park was fashioned in the 1870s. At that time it was on the edge of the city; after a few decades the area had become a villa district (several beautiful villas stand there today), and after Miskolc began to grow after

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, the park became part of today's

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Sights and sports facilities

* Bronze statue of Queen Elisabeth (Sissi) by

Alajos Stróbl Alajos Stróbl ( slovakian ''Alojz Štróbl, full name Alojz Ján Viliam Štróbl, Strobl de Liptóujvár'', ''Aloysius Joannes Vilhelmus Strobel'' )) (21 June 1856 – 13 December 1926) was a Austro-Hungarian sculptor and artist of Slova ...

; it was the first statue of Elisabeth in the country (1899) * ''Vigadó'' Restaurant (designed by

Alfréd Hajós Alfréd Hajós (1 February 1878 – 12 November 1955) was a Hungarian swimmer, football (soccer) player, referee, manager, and career architect. He was the first modern Olympic swimming champion and the first Olympic champion of Hungary. Form ...

; restored in 1996; address: Görgey street 19) * Statue park * Sports Hall (built in 1970) * Ice Hall, a sports hall for ice sports (2006) * Skating rink (in winter only) * Two playgrounds Népkert is also a colloquial name of the park ''

Érsekkert Archbishop's Garden ('' Hungarian:Érsekkert'' or colloquially ''Népkert'') is a park in Eger, Hungary, that covers about 12 hectare The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1&n ...

'' (Archbishop's Garden) in

Eger Eger ( , ; ; also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is the county seat of Heves County, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary (after Miskolc). A city with county rights, Eger is best known for Castle of Eger, its ...

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