A ten-hectare town forest with a Botanical Garden and a larch avenue, the site of a rubbish dump and January Uprising executions until the 1920s.
Lasek Miejski is a wooded area of approximately 10 hectares in the northern part of Wieluń, on Wojska Polskiego Street. A Botanical Garden operates within it, and today it serves the function of a municipal park, though a hundred years ago this place looked entirely different.
Until the 1920s, the site of today's Lasek Miejski served as a rubbish tip. Earlier, during the January Uprising, a gallows stood here where death sentences were carried out on insurgents. In 1905, 1914 and 1915, patriotic demonstrations took place at this location, making this area one of Wieluń's sites of remembrance.
At the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, between 1998 and 2000, a Botanical Garden was established within the forest. It contains spruces, pines, birches, oaks and alders planted back in the 20th century, providing a mature woodland instead of young plantings. The garden has an educational character and complements the forest's recreational function.
The axis of the park is a walking path running parallel to Wojska Polskiego Street, lined with larches approximately 70 years old. Through the Lasek Miejski territory also runs the Śladem Wąskotorówki Wieluńskiej [Following the Wieluń Narrow-gauge Railway] hiking trail, which recalls the former narrow-gauge railway in the region.
Lasek Miejski and the Botanical Garden operating within it remain under the management of Wieluń municipal authority, carried out by municipal units. This distinguishes this area from state forests, as maintenance of the avenue, paths and plantings in the garden is the city's responsibility, not forestry's.
In the Stare Sady district, in another part of Wieluń, a small Park rekreacyjny Stare Sady operates with a children's playground and outdoor gym. This is a good destination for a shorter stop during a longer walk around the city.
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