A decision to rebuild Castle Hill was taken after the defensive stronghold constructed on it was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War. There are only a few historical sources that inform us about development of the grounds around the castle and allocating them for green areas. A development plan from 1836 indicates that at the upper castle there was a garden of irregular shape with a small square in the centre and four paths going outwards. Between the former upper and lower castle, there was a second garden shaped as an irregular polygon. In 1837 Carl Habsburg ordered the blowing up of the remains of the upper castle and the building of a castle in the Classicist style on the ruins of the lower castle. The new building was a summer residence of the Habsburg called the Hunting Palace of the Habsburg. The park at Castle Hill was designed by Joseph Kornhäusel, the court architect of the Viennese court. In 1914 in the north-west part of the hill artificial ruins were erected to emphasize the romantic nature of the park. Among the trees which grow on in the park on Castle Hill, eight are monuments of nature.
The following trees growing in the part are worth mentioning:
Pedunculate elms, the first growing right at the entrance to the park on the left side of the aisle and the other slightly higher behind the wall from the side of Olza river
Chestnuts grow next to each other in the lower part of the park on the right side of the path - monuments of nature
European ash trees, one is growing in the vicinity of the administration building of Cieszyn Castle - Zamkowa 3B Street, the second, double-trunked, dominates the panoramic terrace. The other ash trees grow on a scarp below the Piast Tower from the side of the castle brewery and over the location of the former carriage house where currently there are only fragments of walls
Common hornbeams, the first one grows in the fork of a path leading from the entrance to the Rotunda and the Piast Tower, the remaining ones near the artificial ruins
Tulip tree is located half way to the panoramic terrace, near the common hornbeams - monument of nature
English yew variety: Dovastona, occupies an area of more than 100 m2
Yellow chestnuts - two examples of that species grow in the centre of the park, one at the remains of the basement of the old fortifications near the Rotunda, the second on the lawn in front of the Piast Tower, next to the Rotunda - monuments of nature
Field maple grows at the top of the scarp by the path leading from the panoramic terrace to the artificial ruins
Cornelian cherrythe bush grows at the top of the scarp by the path leading from the panoramic terrace to the artificial ruins
Japanese cork tree, the specimens growing on the edge of the lawn located on the top of Castle Hill
Norway maple grows in front of the entrance to the Piast Tower
Small-leaved lime tree , standing near the Piast Tower from the side of the castle brewery sycomore maples, the three largest specimens grow on the scarp from the side of the brewery
Paper birch, grows in the vicinity of stone stairs leading to the Piast Tower
Chinese sephora, grows at the edge of the park near the maple tree - a monument of nature
Soulange's Magnolia variety Alexandra, grows in the lower part of the park
Japanese magnolia , grows behind the chestnut trees - monuments of nature
Salix babylonica variety of a bent willow, grows in front of the entrance to the park, near a monument commemorating Jan Kubisz
Ginkgo of column variety - a monument of nature, grows in the inner courtyard of the Castle
English oaks of a conical form, grow in the inner courtyard of the Castle
