Ballinghain (Bad Kissingen)

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The Ballinghain is a park in the Bavarian Reiterswiesen , a district of the health resort Bad Kissingen in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen .

history

Balling bust
Huebner Bank
Ailing bank

In the 40s and 50s of the 19th century, the spa doctor Franz Anton von Balling , who was also interested in horticulture, began building a large park that stretched from Bad Kissingen train station to Reiterswiesen. Contrary to Balling's request, his heirs sold the 24.5 hectare site to the city of Bad Kissingen for 18,000 marks in 1889 . On their behalf, the Bad Kissingen resident Kgl. Court gardener A. Singer and the chief inspector of the Botanical Garden Kolb suggested changes. Singer's estimate was 11,000 marks. To implement his plans, spruces and beeches from the city forest and Nüdlingen were planted on the Ballinghain; In 1893 birch and oak from the city forest and other trees and bushes from Kassel and Aschaffenburg were added. A water reservoir was built near the train station in 1894 and a fairground in 1895. At the location of today's St. Elisabeth Hospital there was a Maifestwiese with a log cabin and Art Nouveau fountain. This fountain is now located at Prinzregentenstrasse 13. The Café Ballinghain built on the site was destroyed by fire in 1980. Despite the use of a supervisor in 1900, various thefts and unauthorized uses of the Ballinghain occurred over the years .

The Ballinghain is no longer preserved in its original form; In the meantime, the Bad Kissinger bypass road and the St. Elisabeth Hospital have been built within the park . Balling's original concept includes a bust in his honor at the intersection of the bypass road and Reiterswiesener Durchgangsstrasse as well as two benches built by the sculptor Valentin Weidner and his son Hans Weidner , which are located in the Reiterswiesen area on the edge of the thoroughfare.

The inscription of the municipality of Bad Kissingen on the Balling bust created by Valentin Weidner bears the date “7. February 1900 ”. In a letter dated February 10, 1900, the city magistrate thanked Weidner for the "extremely true-to-life representation" of Balling and "for the artistic creation of the entire monument in general". A refuge was built behind the bust, the remains of which can still be found among the trees behind the bust.

The Hübner bank created by Valentin Weidner was donated in 1899 by Ernst Hübner from Halle (Saale) , with which he wanted to thank him for the honorary citizenship awarded after his 25 spa stays in Bad Kissingen (see also the list of honorary citizens of Bad Kissingen ). The erection of the four meter wide bench made of red sandstone took place on April 21, 1899, reported by the local Saale newspaper . Initially, the bank had an unobstructed view of the Botenlauben castle ruins . In the 1990s there were two cases of property damage at the Hübner Bank.

The Siechen-Bank was donated in 1900 by the privateer Franz Siechen , who as a 25-time spa guest also became an honorary citizen of Bad Kissingen and promoted the maintenance of the Ballinghains; It was made by Weidner's son Hans Weidner. Magistrate Hahn, in whose opinion Siechen's spa stays and the commitment to Ballinghain were not sufficient to be granted honorary citizenship, failed with his application to make further benefits in favor of Bad Kissingen a condition. Nevertheless, Siechen donated an additional 300 marks (100 marks for the Ballinghain and 600 marks for the needy). In the 1990s there was a case of property damage at the Siechen Bank, with the noses of the faun's heads being damaged.

literature

  • Werner Eberth : Valentin Weidner . In: "Kissinger Hefte", Volume 1, Theresienbrunnen-Verlag, Bad Kissingen 1992, p. 59
  • Werner Eberth: Valentin and Hans Weidner (1848–1919), (1875–1953). Sculptor of historicism in Franconia . Supplements to "Kissinger Heft" Volume 1, supplement to the exhibition: "The Bad Kissinger Sculptor Valentin Weidner" 1992, Theresienbrunnen-Verlag, Bad Kissingen 1996, p. 46f.
  • Denis André Chevalley, Stefan Gerlach: City of Bad Kissingen (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VI.75 / 2 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-87490-577-2 .
  • The Ballinghain , In: Thomas Ahnert, Peter Weidisch (ed.): 1200 years Bad Kissingen, 801–2001, facets of a city's history . Festschrift for the anniversary year and accompanying volume for the exhibition of the same name. Special publication of the Bad Kissingen city archive. Verlag TA Schachenmayer, Bad Kissingen 2001, ISBN 3-929278-16-2 , pp. 179-182

Web links

Commons : Ballinghain  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Thomas Ahnert, Peter Weidisch (ed.): 1200 years Bad Kissingen, 801-2001, facets of a city's history . Festschrift for the anniversary year and volume accompanying the exhibition of the same name, pp. 179–182
  2. ^ Werner Eberth: Valentin Weidner . In: Kissinger Hefte , Volume 1, Theresienbrunnen-Verlag, Bad Kissingen 1992, p. 59
  3. ↑ Werner Eberth: Valentin and Hans Weidner (1848–1919), (1875–1953). Sculptor of historicism in Franconia . Supplements to the Kissinger booklet volume 1, booklet to the exhibition: The Bad Kissinger sculptor Valentin Weidner 1992, Theresienbrunnen-Verlag, Bad Kissingen 1996, p. 46f.
  4. ↑ Werner Eberth: Valentin and Hans Weidner (1848–1919), (1875–1953). Sculptor of historicism in Franconia . Supplements to the Kissinger booklet volume 1, booklet to the exhibition: The Bad Kissinger sculptor Valentin Weidner 1992, Theresienbrunnen-Verlag, Bad Kissingen 1996, p. 55f.

Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ 27 ″  N , 10 ° 4 ′ 56 ″  E