Park on Borbyer Ufer

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Monument to King Wilhelm I in the park on Borbyer Ufer

The park on Borbyer Ufer in the Borby district of Eckernförde on Vogelsang Street is with object no. 7384 of the state of Schleswig-Holstein as a founding monument on the list of cultural monuments in Eckernförde .

The area in front of the Kaiserhof was raised in 1870/71 as flood protection and created as a park. In addition to the building of the Kaiserhof , which still exists today, the Marien-Louisen-Bad (hotel and bathing establishment) was located in the immediate vicinity of the park; both hotels were built in 1882, the bathing establishment in 1832. From 1917 until after the Second World War, it was also a few meters from the western end of the park there is also the Isern-Düker-Steg (also: Iserndükersteg ), a landing stage for submarines and warships (Isern Düker = iron divers, meaning: submarines).

Today there are many large deciduous trees in the green area, between which there are lawns and meadows. Three paths cross the park almost in a north-south direction, while the main path follows the waterfront as a promenade . In the center is the naturally designed outlet of the Lachsenbach, which comes piped from the north and flows under a bridge into the Baltic Sea . Two boules courts have been created at the eastern end . The park is classified as an area of ​​interest by the Schleswig-Holstein State Archaeological Office , as bones and antler tools of the Ertebølle-Ellerbek culture have been found here.

Monument to the Great Elector

In the park is the listed bronze figure of King Wilhelm I created by Fritz Schaper with the object no. 1679. The memorial was donated in 1913 by Kaiser Wilhelm II and was in honor of the Brandenburg Navy at the port of Pillau (today Baltijsk ). During the Second World War it was supposed to be melted down as part of the material recycling in Hamburg, but was retained. When Eckernförde became the sponsor town of Baltijsk in 1955, the monument was erected in the park. It said Konrad Haberland , honorary citizen Pillaus.

Vogelsang kiosk

Vogelsang kiosk - before the fire in 2018 (this viewing direction is now blocked by a toilet building)

This is also at the western entrance to the park - with object no. 7233 - the thatched Vogelsang kiosk is a listed building. In 2018 it was badly damaged by arson and after completion of the necessary construction work, it was put back into operation in 2020.

Individual evidence

  1. List of cultural monuments in Schleswig-Holstein (PDF; approx. 685 kB)
  2. City of Eckernförde - Draft of the justification for the development plan no. 70 "Außenhafen / Borbyer Ufer" (status: 26.01.2017) ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; approx. 2.7 MB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / eckernfoerde.de
  3. Splendid rededication of the Elector Monument . Ostpreußenblatt dated September 17, 1955, p. 6
  4. GND 1024958701

Coordinates: 54 ° 28 ′ 37.2 "  N , 9 ° 50 ′ 33.5"  E