Park Miejski im. Franciszka Kachla, Bytom

Franciszek Kachel City Park in Bytom - a park founded in 1840 in Bytom, entered in the register of immovable monuments of the Silesian province.

The park was established around 1840 in the north-western part of the city center, between today's Tarnogórska Street, Wroclawska Street and Olimpijska Street, thanks to the donation of Hubert von Tiele-Winckler. The post-mining area, which belonged to the Teresa galman mine, was added to the 330 morgas allocated for the park by Tiele-Winkler. Adolf Wermund, a soap and candle maker and city councillor, is considered the actual founder of the park and zoo, which were built according to his designs in 1870. Today the park covers an area of 43 hectares.

In the park there used to be a municipal bathhouse, now in this place there is a municipal swimming pool built in 1934 and designed by Carl Schmidt. In the years 1898-1957 the Municipal Zoological Garden was functioning in the park. It was the first zoo in Upper Silesia, with 89 animals of 25 species.

In the interwar period, a monument was placed in the park to commemorate the fallen soldiers of the 156th Infantry Regiment from Bytom; after World War II, a monument to General Karol Swierczewski was placed in its place; after its liquidation, a flowerbed was arranged in its place.

Moreover, in the park area there are: wooden church of St. Lawrence, municipal office, tennis courts of Górnik Bytom, a concert shell, a municipal outdoor swimming pool, two ponds

In 1992, the city park was listed on the Register of Historic Places with the number A/1465/92.