Old Kurpark (Bad Soden)
The Alte Kurpark is a park in the city center of Bad Soden am Taunus . Established in 1823, the park has been redesigned over the years and is now home to a large number of old and exotic plants. Numerous festivals and events take place in the old spa park. The central building in the park is the bathhouse from 1871, which today houses the city library, city gallery and city museum.
history
19th century
The old spa park was laid out in 1823 in the style of an English landscape park by the Nassau state government on the site of the former salt works. The establishment of such a facility became necessary due to the growing spa business. The area of the former graduation tower on Königsteiner Strasse was selected . In 1831 the municipality of Soden bought the remaining buildings of the graduation tower and the springs used for them. This enabled the park to be expanded. The southern and oldest part of the park, however, was still separated from the northern part at that time, as Kronberger Strasse still ran through here.
In 1848 the spa park was enlarged and redesigned. The two parts of the park were joined together and Kronberger Strasse was moved to its current area. In 1849 the first spa house was built in the northern part . The castle hill in the east of the park, on which the castle hill observation tower , built in 1900, stands, was also made accessible . Wine was grown here until 1881.
The frog pond existed in the northern part of the spa park until 1866, but it was filled in when it was redesigned again. It was the last remnant of the former graduation tower. Numerous new trees were also planted, including trumpet trees , sequoias and ginkgo trees . Some of these can still be found today in the spa gardens. Just five years later, the spa park was redesigned again. This had to do with the construction of the bathhouse . The paths as we know them today have been redesigned. In addition, Grand Duke Friedrich von Baden donated a large number of exotic trees and shrubs to the community as a thank you for his recovery. On April 11, 1895, the monument in honor of the fallen soldiers of the Franco-Prussian War was unveiled in the west of the park. In the following year, the no longer existing tennis facility between Paulinenschlösschen and the concert shell was inaugurated. In 1897/98 the Kurhaus was modernized, whereby a terrace was raised in the outside area and provided with regular planting.
20th century until today
At the beginning of the 20th century, the number of spa guests continued to increase. This meant that the spa buildings had to be enlarged. The bathhouse was enlarged and in 1912 the Burgberg Inhalatorium (today Medico Palais) was built on the edge of the spa gardens . The latter was the largest inhaler in Europe at the time. In 1903 the Wilhelmstempel was built, which stood near the former Wilhelmsbrunnen. This was removed again in 1937. In 1908 the Paulinenschlösschen came into the possession of the community. The associated garden was incorporated into the spa park, which made the spa park its current size. This park was designed by Philipp Siesmayer's Gebrüder Siesmayer company, among others . In 1926/27 the old Kurhaus was torn down and replaced by a new one. Up to the end of the Second World War , hardly any changes were made, except for the construction of the memorial for the fallen of the First World War, the drilling of the New Spring and the construction of the concert shell. During the war the bathhouse was partially destroyed and the former pitcher house behind the concert shell was completely destroyed. Furthermore, the memorial for those who fell in the war in 1870/71 was destroyed.
In 1951 the spa in Bad Soden celebrated its 250th anniversary. Previously, the facilities, such as the bathhouse or the brine pool, were modernized. New plants were also planted and sources VIa and VIb were redesigned. In 1971 the Kurhaus was demolished. A new building followed in 1982, which today houses the Ramada Hotel. To the east of the large meadows lies the duck pond, which was created in 1987 and is fed by the Niederdorfbach.
Nowadays, numerous events and festivals take place in the old spa park. The highlights are the Soden Wine Days (end of May), the Summer Night Festival (mid-August) and the Bad Soden Christmas Market (December). The Sunday concerts also take place in the concert shell every Sunday in summer.
Buildings
In the old spa park there are numerous buildings, springs and monuments:
- Bathhouse - built in 1870/71, rebuilt several times. Today the city museum, city archive, the city library and the city gallery are housed here.
- Paulinenschlösschen - built in 1847 for Pauline von Nassau . In the meantime Soden town hall, today the citizens' office.
- Burgbergturm - built in 1900. Lookout tower on the castle hill in the northeast of the park.
- Medico Palais - built in 1912. Once the largest inhaler in Europe.
- Concert shell - Built in the 1930s, it is now used for summer concerts, church services and public viewing.
- Solsprudel - Source XXIV. Between 1857 and 1859 the Nassau government financed the drilling of the "Großer Sprudel". It is located above the old spa park, on the terrace of the "Ramada Hotel".
- New hot spring - source XXVII. Drilled in 1937/38, is located in the eastern part of the park.
- Sulfur well - source VI b.
- Memorial to Dr. Thilenius - Memorial for Senior Medical Officer Dr. O. Thilenius, the first well doctor in Bad Soden.
- Memorial to those who fell in the war - erected in 1920.
Concert shell
Solsprudel
New sparkling water
Sulfur well
Dr. Thilenius monument
Fallen memorial
Mini golf course
Former buildings
- Old Catholic Church - on the northern edge of the park (now Apartments Hotels), demolished in the 1950s.
- War memorial in honor of those who fell in the Franco-German War 1870/71 - 1945 destroyed.
- Krughaus - first inhalatorium (park inhalatorium), from 1912 local history museum, destroyed in 1945.
- Kurhaus - The first Kurhaus was built in 1849 on the area of today's Ramada Hotel.
- Wilhelmsbrunnen - source VI a. Closed in 1968.
- Wilhelmstempel - built in 1903, demolished in 1937.
Old Catholic Church
War memorial 1870/71
Krughaus
The first spa house from 1849
Wilhelm stamp
Web links
- State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Alter Kurpark In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen
- Alter Kurpark on the website of the city of Bad Soden
literature
- Gunther Krauskopf: Bad Soden am Taunus. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2009, ISBN 978-3-86680-386-2 .
- Jens Beck, Barbara Vogt: History of the Bad Soden a. Ts. (= Materials for the Bad Soden history. Issue 14). 1993, DNB 940087235 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 43.6 ″ N , 8 ° 30 ′ 8.1 ″ E
Individual evidence
- ↑ C. Oppermann (1990): materials on Bad Soden's history, issue 7; Kronik Bad Soden, Taunus, p. 200.