Carl-von-Weinberg-Park

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Bust vineyard at the park's western entrance

The forest play park Carl-von-Weinberg , usually shortened to Carl-von-Weinberg-Park , is one of the medium-sized parks in the city of Frankfurt am Main , with around 10.1 hectares , located in the Niederrad district of southern Main on the northern edge of the Frankfurt city forest . The park is named after the entrepreneur and founder Carl von Weinberg , who was born in Frankfurt am Main .

Location and current use

Carl-von-Weinberg-Park is located in the south of Frankfurt at the beginning of Flughafenstrasse south of the Niederrad district in a triangle formed by Flughafenstrasse in the southeast, Waldfriedstrasse in the north and a railway line in the southwest. Large sports facilities are located directly north and west of the park. To the west of the park is the Niederräder polo pitch, about 700 m south of the Commerzbank-Arena and 400 m south-east of the park is the stadium pool . The park is part of the landscape protection area of ​​the Frankfurt Green Belt .

The name forest play park refers to the fact that the area is now a mixture of a large children's playground and park and thus one of six Frankfurt forest play parks. In the Carl-von-Weinberg-Park the two areas are separated from each other. The play area contains a lot of play equipment (swings, seesaws, sandboxes, slides, revolving carousel, climbing castles, table tennis tables) and is tailored to children under 12 years of age. The large play and sunbathing lawn is also used by older teenagers and adults for Frisbee and football games. There is also a toilet facility. Dogs are not allowed in the play area. In the park area, cut trees, flower tendrils and rhododendron bushes shape the green character.

history

The Carl-von-Weinberg-Park was created as a private park of the Villa Weinberg, which Carl von Weinberg had built by the architects Otto Christoph Bäppler and Aage von Kauffmann in 1898. In 1938 he was forced to sell his property to the city of Frankfurt am Main under pressure from the National Socialist city ​​administration. The villa was badly damaged in 1944 and demolished in 1956. As part of the restitution after the war, the descendants donated the site to the citizens of Frankfurt. After it was taken over by the City of Frankfurt, the park was converted into a combined play and recreation area. In 2006, the investor Fun Forest expressed an interest in building a paid (16 to 18 euros per person per day) fun and climbing park in one area of ​​the park . In contrast, a citizens' initiative formed, so that the investor officially withdrew in August 2007. The park is freely accessible around the clock all year round, but limited in winter.

Public transport connection

The park can be reached from the northeast by tram lines 20 and 21, Oberforsthaus stop . From there it is a 500 m walk along Flughafenstrasse to the park. In the north-west is the Frankfurt-Niederrad train station , which is served by the S-Bahn lines S7, S8 and S9, regional trains, tram lines 12 and 19 and bus lines n7, 78 and 79. The bus line 61 stops in the south-east at the Stadionbad about 600 m from the park.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b City of Frankfurt am Main, Environment Agency (ed.): The Green Belt Leisure Card . 7th edition, 2011
  2. ↑ a b Waldspielpark Carl-von-Weinberg at par.frankfurt.de , the former website of the City of Frankfurt am Main (accessed on October 27, 2018)

Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 31 ″  N , 8 ° 38 ′ 47 ″  E