Baroque Origins of the Greenery of Urban Interiors in Lower Silesia and the Border Areas of the Former Neumark and Lusatia

Bogna Ludwig
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Bogna Ludwig: Department of Architecture Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Landscape, Faculty of Architecture, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-26

Abstract: The article is the first attempt to gather information on the beginnings of using green elements in urban compositions in Lower Silesia and border areas, in the former Neumark and Lusatia. It presents Baroque urban arrangements with the use of green ground floors, tree espaliers and avenues, from the earliest ones—occurring in the aftermath of the Thirty Years’ War—and the solutions applied in private municipalities in the Habsburg, Wettin, and Hohenzollern states, which were recovering from war damage, to urban developments at the end of that period, in the areas already under Prussian rule and its strict regulations. A comparison with the achievements of European urban planning in this field allows us to trace the paths of inspiration, but also to uncover some innovative achievements.

Keywords: urban baroque greenery; 17th–18th century; allée; Lower Silesia; preservation and renewal of heritage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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