Colorful garden
The Bunte Garten is a city park in the city center of Mönchengladbach .
Location and attractions
The garden connects the Kaiser-Friedrich-Halle on Hohenzollernstraße in the center of the city with the main cemetery in the north and the millennium forest. The park consists of a continuous, narrow strip of green that is only interrupted by the Schürenweg. It is 30 hectares in size and subdivided into a botanical garden with 5 hectares with a stone , herb and apothecary garden as well as a fragrance and touch garden for the blind.
Other attractions are the playground on Bettrather Strasse and the aviary with over 200 domestic and foreign animals opposite the St. Barbara monastery . It was included as an excellent park in 2004/2005 in the street of garden art between the Rhine and Maas . The entire park and the botanical garden are freely accessible all year round.
There are many works of art in the colorful garden. These are maintained by the city's green space department. Adjacent to the colorful garden is the Kaiser-Friedrich-Halle, which offers a wide range of art and music in summer.
Globe Sandra Robertz
Honorary grave Louise Gueury
There are also graves in the colorful garden, including that of the founder of the city's Hardterwald Clinic, Louise Gueury, who died in 1900 .
See also
Web links
- Welcome to the colorful garden . City of Mönchengladbach. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 14 ″ N , 6 ° 26 ′ 2 ″ E