Zinar Castle

The park was established on the grounds of the national industrial and agricultural exhibition from 1887. At that time, the exhibition organizers adapted a part of the Black Forest to a makeshift garden through which the roads leading to the exhibition pavilion and individual stands ran. At that time, 24,000 trees were planted, flower beds were made of shrubs and turf, and a section of the Ore Mountains was regulated.

After the exhibition, Dr. Jordan submitted to the City Council a project of adapting these areas into a park for the recreation of children and adolescents. The design of the park was prepared by Bolesław Malecki (the then keeper of the Planty). The central part of the park, around the alleys and monuments commemorating Poles of merit for Poland, was intended for walks, the rest were playgrounds and other gym equipment for children and teenagers. During its heyday, the park had 14 pitches (12 of which were numbered) of various shapes, sizes and purposes. Dr. Jordan believed that through the appropriate organization of youth's free time, it is possible to minimize the effects of overloading the school curriculum and ensure their sustainable development.

With the outbreak of World War I, the functioning of the park was practically interrupted, and the park itself fell into significant devastation. The period of the Second World War was even worse for the park. All the plans and achievements of Dr. Henryk Jordan were completely ruined, and the park was transformed into a city park accessible only to the Germans.

During the Polish People's Republic, the park was gradually restored, including the restoration of monuments to the pedestals during the war have been removed from them.

The present composition of the park differs significantly from the original assumptions. The stand and internal communication are free, landscape-like. Only the main avenue with the roundabout survived, bearing the features of a neoclassical layout. The so-called The Avenue of Great Poles of the 20th century, which is a modern supplement to the concept initiated by the founder of the park.

The park's flora is now very diverse. The south-eastern part is dominated by old trees which are part of earlier park layouts, while in the north-western part there are open grassy clearings. Due to the fact that the park was established at the confluence of two rivers, the Vistula and the Rudawa, its natural community is riparian vegetation: elms, ash trees, alders, poplars and willows). On the border of the park, from the side of Błonia, even more than a hundred-year-old elms have survived. It is also worth mentioning the old lime trees and hornbeams, natural for the park's original habitat.

In 2007-2008, part of the park was revalorized, new playgrounds and playing fields with artificial turf were built.

Jordan Park is an urban park, entered in the register of monuments.