Arthur Bretschneider Park

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The Arthur-Bretschneider-Park (also Eutritzscher Park ) is a park in the Leipzig district of Eutritzsch in the northern district.

Location and layout

Arthur-Bretschneider-Park is located on the western border of the Eutritzsch district and the Gohlis district . It extends in north-south direction over 600 m length and 115 to 190 m width and has an area of ​​8.2 hectares. It is enclosed by Baaderstraße and Grüner Weg in the north, Nördliche Rietzschke and Geibelstraße in the east, Coppistraße in the south and Kleiststraße in the west. The Gottschallstrasse that runs through it divides it into a larger north and a smaller south part.

In the southern part is the 6460 m² large, water-lily-bearing park pond, which is also used for fishing. In the park there are single trees or in avenues from the time the park was established. There are three children's playgrounds in the park, the “Three Bears” square with corresponding figures, the “Elephant Square” with an elephant slide, standing carousel and seesaw, and the “Climbing Square” with the spider as a large climbing frame. In the north of the park there is a meadow area that leads to the GeyserHaus park stage and the north swimming pool.

The park is part of the protected landscape area "Northern Rietzschke".

  • European beech from 1920

  • 100-year-old red oak avenue

  • Ash from 1910

  • "Spider" climbing frame

  • North bank of the park pond

  • Angler (all pictures 2016)

history

Due to the strong growth of the city towards the end of the 19th century, there was an urgent need for local recreational opportunities. In 1898 the then council gardener and later garden director of the city Otto Wittenberg (1834–1918) presented the plan for a park in the floodplain of the northern Rietzschke, an area whose grounds were not suitable for residential buildings. By 1904 the southern part of the park with the pond was completed. The pond was particularly important to the population because of the winter ice skating. The northern Rietzschke was relocated for the pond and vaulted because of the unpleasant smell (!).

By 1910, the views of the park's use, especially for sports and games, had changed, so that the northern part of the park was redesigned. Wittenberg's successor Carl Hampel (1849–1930) entrusted this task to his colleague Nicolaus Molzen (1881–1954). This part of the park was completed in 1913/14. The system of paths and a number of trees from this period have been preserved to this day.

When the pond deepened in 1937

The park pond caused several difficulties. In December 1899 the pond was filled with water, and in the summer of 1900 it was empty again. The cause of the disturbance in the groundwater flow through the relocation of the Rietzschke was identified. The evil was countered by sealing the sole with clay and loam embedding. In 1937 the pond was silted up to the point that it had to be desludged; It was deepened by 1.5 m.

In 1949 the Eutritzscher Park was named after the liberal politician and Saxon member of the state parliament Arthur Bretschneider , who died in the same year . Efforts after 1990 to rename the park after the district have since been abandoned and the city continues to use the name Arthur-Bretschneider-Park.

Using the excavation from the park pond deposited there, an open-air stage was built on the northern edge of the park from 1962 to 1964, today the Park Stage Geyserhaus . The Volksschwimmhalle Nord (Volksschwimmhalle Nord) was handed over nearby in 1969, today it is the swimming pool north .

literature

  • Petra Mewes, Peter Benecken: Leipzig's Green - A Park and Garden Guide . Passage-Verlag, Leipzig 2013, ISBN 978-3-938543-49-8 , pp. 166-168 .

Web links

Commons : Arthur-Bretschneider-Park  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Standing water in the city of Leipzig. Retrieved May 28, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Saxony Fishing Atlas. Retrieved May 28, 2017 .
  3. ↑ page park and street trees (under environment and traffic). In: Official city map of Leipzig. Retrieved May 28, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Playgrounds in the public green. In: Website of the city of Leipzig. Retrieved May 28, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Leipzig landscape plan. Retrieved May 28, 2017 .
  6. ^ Arthur Bretschneider Park. In: Website of the city of Leipzig. Retrieved May 27, 2017 .
  7. ^ Peter Schwarz: The millennial Leipzig . From the beginning of the 20th century to the present. 1st edition. tape 3 . Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-945027-13-4 , pp. 339 .
  8. ↑ History and stories about the park stage. Retrieved May 29, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Parkbühne GeyserHaus. Retrieved May 29, 2017 .
  10. ^ Swimming pool north. Retrieved May 29, 2017 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 7.6 "  N , 12 ° 22 ′ 54.8"  E