Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski
This 559.9-hectare landscape park, straddling the Neisse River and the Polish-German border, was built between 1815 and 1844 by Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau. Blending seamlessly with the surrounding farmland landscape, the park pioneered a new approach to landscape design that influenced the development of landscape architecture in Europe and the United States. Designed as a "botanical painting," it does not attempt to evoke a classical landscape, a paradise, or some lost perfection, but rather uses local plants to enhance the inherent qualities of the existing landscape. This integrated landscape extends into the town of Muskau, where green corridors form urban parks and demarcate boundaries for development areas. The town thus becomes a designed component of a utopian landscape. The site also features a reconstructed castle, bridges, and a botanical garden.