Federal Garden Show 1975

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Logo of the Federal Horticultural Show
Park lake with fountain in Herzogenriedpark (2010)

The 1975 Federal Garden Show took place in Mannheim from April 18 to October 19 . With 8.1 million visitors, it was the most heavily attended Federal Garden Show up to that point .

prehistory

In 1907, Mannheim celebrated the 300th anniversary of the granting of city ​​rights , an international art and large horticultural exhibition was held. Against the background of the 350th anniversary of the city, Mannheim's Lord Mayor Hermann Heimerich suggested an application for the 1957 Federal Horticultural Show at the beginning of 1952. A municipal committee was formed and contact was made with the landscape architect Hermann Mattern . But the area intended for the exhibition was still confiscated by the American occupation forces. Since it was not approved in time, the project had to be abandoned in 1954. However, the general interest in the event was aroused.

For financial reasons, Mannheim did not apply for the 1967 Federal Horticultural Show in 1961. In the following year, the city council instructed the city administration to start negotiations with the Central Association of German Vegetable, Fruit and Horticulture for the 1977 Federal Horticultural Show . The plans came to nothing in the summer of 1968 because Stuttgart took up its option. In December of the same year, however, Karlsruhe decided not to host the National Garden Show in 1975, so the central association asked the city of Mannheim to step in.

preparation

The 68 hectare garden exhibition site was on two separate areas: the Luisenpark south of the Neckar and the Herzogenriedpark north of the river.

From May 1970 competitions for the design of the Federal Garden Show 1975 took place. The garden architects Bödecker / Boyer / Wagenfeld (today: FWSLA) won the competition for Luisenpark and there were two first prizewinners for Herzogenriedpark: Mathes / Motz / Olschewski and Eckeberecht.

Federal Garden Show

The Aerobus crosses the Neckar, behind the telecommunications tower (1975)

To connect Luisenpark and Herzogenriedpark, it was initially planned to expand the tram . In the end, however, the aerobus was used as an innovative means of transport , for which a route between the two areas was built especially for the Federal Garden Show. Both parks were generously expanded for the event and completely redesigned by landscape architects.

Kutzerweiher with gondolettas in Luisenpark (2005)

In addition to the garden exhibitions and flower shows that are usual for a federal horticultural show, numerous attractions were created. The redesign of the Kutzerweiher was one of the most important . Its water surface was doubled to 4 hectares . In order to enrich the water with oxygen , the inflow was designed as a mountain stream. In the middle of the "pond" an island was created as a sanctuary for water birds. A gondoletta system was installed in the lake , in which boats are pulled over a predetermined course on a circular course with a rope guided under the water's surface. During the Federal Horticultural Show, 950,000 visitors used the facility.

The plant show house was enlarged and a lake stage with 1,000 seats was set up in the Luisenpark. In Herzogenriedpark was Multihalle built and a petting zoo opened. The park received a lake with a water surface of 1 ha. In addition, there was a space exhibition designed by Heinz Haber .

Accompanying urban development projects

With regard to the Federal Garden Show, a lot was done in the city itself. The most important of these included the construction of the Herzogenried estate under the motto "Living in the Green", the telecommunications tower , the expansion of the Rosengarten event center , the Collini Center , the redesign of the area around Mannheim Central Station and the establishment of the " Planken " pedestrian zone .

aftermath

Originally, the parks should be available to visitors free of charge after the Federal Horticultural Show. However, the population advocated the preservation of the fences and that entry was to be paid in the future, which was also implemented. Since then, Herzogenriedpark and Luisenpark have had around two million visitors a year.

The public service of the Aerobus was stopped after the Federal Garden Show and the route was largely dismantled. Only a 600 meter long, single-lane section near Herzogenriedpark was initially retained and served as a test route . This was also demolished in 1987.

With a view to the city's 400th anniversary in 2007, there were considerations to organize a federal horticultural show again in Mannheim. For financial reasons, however, this was not done. At the beginning of 2013, an application for the Federal Garden Show 2023 was tackled, which was successful.

Worth knowing

With 8.1 million visitors, the Federal Garden Show was the most popular up until then. 186,000 season tickets were sold, 22,500 coaches drove to the garden show and 126 special trains of the Deutsche Bundesbahn .

In addition to the official logo , an abstract green tree, Loriot contributed one of his typical bulbous-nosed males. This " hunter from the Electoral Palatinate " shows himself in the costume of the 18th century, shows the direction with an outstretched arm (and could thus be used as a signpost). He stumbles over his rifle with a flower sticking out of the barrel - perhaps an allusion to the Carnation Revolution of 1974.

literature

in alphabetical order by authors / editors

  • Bundesgartenschau Mannheim GmbH (Ed.): Bundesgartenschau Mannheim 1975: Official exhibition catalog . Mannheim 1975.
  • Michael Caroli, Ulrich Nieß (ed.): History of the City of Mannheim: Bd 3 1914–2007. Ubstadt-Weiher 2009, ISBN 978-3-89735-472-2 .
  • Klaus ER Lindemann: A festival changes the city . Mannheim 1975.
  • Ludwig Ratzel, Walter Spannagel: Memories . Sigmaringen 1993, ISBN 3-7995-0900-3 .
  • Stadtpark Mannheim GmbH: Federal Garden Show Mannheim 1975 . 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. 76-85.

Web links

Commons : Bundesgartenschau 1975  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ After the Federal Garden Show, the floating stage was expanded to 1,100 seats (Stadtpark Mannheim GmbH: Federal Garden Show , p. 82).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stadtpark Mannheim GmbH: Federal Garden Show , pp. 78, 81.
  2. ↑ Cf. Sebastian Parzer: Mannheim should not only rise again as a city of work - The second term of office of Mannheim's Lord Mayor Hermannn Heimerich (1949–1955) = Mannheim historical writings 1. Ubstadt-Weiher et al. 2008, p. 84 and p. 82, Note 384.
  3. ^ Stadtpark Mannheim GmbH: Federal Garden Show , p. 76f.
  4. ↑ Stadtpark Mannheim GmbH: Federal Garden Show , p. 78.
  5. ↑ Stadtpark Mannheim GmbH: Federal Garden Show , p. 77.
  6. ↑ Stadtpark Mannheim GmbH: Federal Garden Show , p. 81.
  7. ↑ Stadtpark Mannheim GmbH: Federal Garden Show , p. 82.
  8. ^ Stadtpark Mannheim GmbH: Federal Garden Show , p. 84.
  9. ^ Stadtpark Mannheim GmbH: Federal Garden Show , p. 84.
  10. ^ Stadtpark Mannheim GmbH: Federal Garden Show , p. 84.
  11. ^ Stadtpark Mannheim GmbH: Federal Garden Show , p. 84.
  12. ^ Stadtpark Mannheim GmbH: Federal Garden Show , p. 84.
  13. ^ Stadtpark Mannheim GmbH: Federal Garden Show , p. 79.