Manor Park

In the village, we can find the ruins of an 18th-century palace and a landscape park from the first half of the 19th century (expanded in the early 20th century), which covers an area of 2.8 hectares.

It is not known who designed the property or who its first owner was. The 19th-century park was most likely modeled after an English landscape garden. Its grounds extended from the farmstead and the village. The park was crisscrossed by gently curving paths that led to the road running along the park. The palace was located in the central part of the park and served as the focal point of its layout.

The park’s tree population consisted largely of ornamental trees, including chestnut trees, maples, plane trees, and ginkgoes. In addition, the park is home to species such as oak, elm, spruce, common hornbeam, walnut, black poplar, white snowbell, common lilac, and ash trees. In the 20th century, an orchard adjacent to the west was incorporated into the landscape park. In total, the park is home to nearly 20 species of trees and seven species of shrubs.

Of particular note are the monumental trees, including a plane tree with a trunk circumference of over 4 meters, a ginkgo with a circumference of 3.2 meters, an English oak with a circumference of 3.7 meters, and about ten horse chestnut trees with circumferences ranging from 3 to 3.5 meters. The oldest specimens are approximately 200 years old.

After 1945, the former manor estate was incorporated into the State Agricultural Farms. The park has retained the boundaries of its original layout, and its division remains clearly visible. The site is currently somewhat neglected. The landscape park in Babinek was entered on the provincial list of historic monuments in December 1980.