Federal Horticultural Show 1959

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Federal Horticultural Show 1959

The 1959 Federal Horticultural Show took place in Dortmund from April 30th to October 17th, 1959 .

history

For the Federal Horticultural Show in 1959, today's Westfalenpark was created by merging the areas of the old Kaiser-Wilhelm-Grove (opened in 1894), the Buschmühlenpark , a garbage dump and allotment gardens. The area of ​​the Federal Horticultural Show of 1959 covered 60 hectares . In the center of the new park, the Florian Tower was built as a telecommunications and observation tower , at that time the tallest building in Germany at 219.6 meters.

The Federal Garden Show had 6.8 million (according to other information: 7 million) visitors. Florian tower, Kaiserhain and water lily pond are still preserved today in the style of the 1950s.

Furnishing

Westfalenparkbahn - in the background the Florian Tower

A park railway (today: Westfalenparkbahn ) and a chairlift were put into operation for the Federal Garden Show .

Worth knowing

Two more followed on the grounds of the Federal Garden Show of 1959:

The Westfalenpark is one of the largest inner-city parks in Europe and is a popular destination for excursions and recreation. This is where the German Rosarium is located .

literature

  • NN: Federal Horticultural Show Dortmund 1959 . In: Deutsche Bundesgartenschau GmbH (ed.): 50 years of federal horticultural shows. Festschrift on the history of the federal and international garden shows in Germany . Bonn 2001, pp. 34-37.

Web links

Commons : Bundesgartenschau 1959  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Deutsche Bundesgartenschau-Gesellschaft mbH: BUGA Dortmund 1959 ; accessed: January 31, 2020.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c NN: Bundesgartenschau Dortmund 1959 , p. 34.
  2. ↑ a b c NN: Bundesgartenschau Dortmund 1959 , p. 37.
  3. ↑ a b German Federal Garden Show Society mbH: BUGA Dortmund 1959 .