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Maksimir – Park or Forest?

Park Maksimir beyond doubt holds its position among the significant landscape monuments in Croatia. It is known as the first public park in this part of Europe and holds by this an important position in garden art in general. The style of the park design has changed over the years depending on who ran the park. Still the major influences came from bishop Maksimilijan Vrhovec and archbishop Juraj Haulik de Varallya, who became the manager of the park in 1838. Today we have a park characterized by two styles of design: baroque style by M. Vrhovac and landscape style by J. Haulik. The park is divided into two parts: the southern part with its forest community of Querco roboris-Carpinetum betuli and a northern part dominated by a forest community of Querco petraeae-Carpinetum betuli. According to the park usage and maintenance, Maksimir can be divided into a park area (southern part) and forest area (northern part). Natural forest communities, meadows and water flows, dominate the park area. In addition to indigenous plant species used in the park design, there are also some imported plant species. Once exuberant animal and plant variety has been considerably impoverished through time. Out of about 300 ornamental plant species planted in the park, only a small number is still present today. Because of natural, therefore incontrollable plant material growth and neglect, areas where meadows held an important part were reduced, while the existing ones are being choked with the elements of natural growth. The goal of this paper is revitalization proposal of plant material, with respect to the history matrix and conservatory criteria.

public park ; forest community ; natural growth

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