Dreieich Park

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Pond with fountain in Dreieichpark

The Dreieich-Park (also: Dreieich Park ) is a 43,500 m² large, within the investment ring at the western city limits of Offenbach am Main situated People's Park , which in its roots 2. Hessian State-Industrial Exhibition of 1879 has. The oldest concrete structures without steel reinforcement that have survived in Germany are located on the site of the park, originally also known as the Grenzpark after the centuries-old city limits nearby . It is part of the Rhine-Main Regional Park and in its entirety as part of the cultural monument system ring according to the Hessian Monument Protection Act .

history

The area of ​​today's Dreieich Park belonged to the historic Biebelsmühle, which Prince Carl von Isenburg left to his deserving Minister Wolfgang von Goldner in 1807 .

Exhibition hall for the 2nd Hessian state trade exhibition in 1879

The park has its origins in the 2nd Hessian State Trade Exhibition of 1879, which took place on the open space at the time on the western outskirts of the city. The city had made an area of ​​around 7.5 hectares available for the trade show. Parts of the area were designed as horticultural facilities for the exhibition by the garden architect Andreas Weber . Following the trend at the time, the area was planted with native and many exotic trees. Curved paths, several ponds and small bridges, light meadows alternating with darker squares and groups of trees as well as small hills created the impression of a varied, spacious and enchanted park landscape.

Among the more than 800 exhibitors were 238 companies from Offenbach. The first electrical lighting in Offenbach was at the exhibition in the form of carbon arc lamps from Siemens & Halske . The event closed with a surplus of around 40,000 marks . With the money, the city built a new building on Mathildenplatz for the School of Applied Arts, today's Offenbach am Main University of Design .

After the event, the exhibition halls were removed again, the plantings, ponds and bridges as well as the music pavilion on the exhibition grounds remained and thus established the first public park in Offenbach. In the style of historicism , it enabled the creation of an upscale residential area in the west end of the city.

The park was redesigned in the course of the new architectural objectivity at the beginning of the 20th century. Ferdinand Tutenberg straightened the paths and replaced the music temple with a new building.

In 2013, the main paths in the park were extensively renovated. In particular, their asphalt surface was removed and replaced by a water-bound path surface .

Facility

The course of the old Grenzbach, whose pond was originally called the Biebelstrift, can be traced in the park. The pond and its watercourse in the park are still fed by the flowing water of the Buchrain pond in Offenbach's city forest .

Concrete monuments

The oldest preserved concrete structures without steel reinforcement in Germany

On the occasion of the 2nd Hessian State Trade Exhibition in 1879, the Offenbach cement factory Feege & Gotthardt erected a 16-meter-wide arched girder spanning the pedestrian walkway, as well as a pavilion with a dome made of non-reinforced Portland cement . The building has no functional function and was only created to demonstrate the versatility of the building material, which was still not widely used in Germany at the time. The shelf life target was the originally planned duration of the exhibition, three months. However, they proved to be so stable that they - unlike the other buildings of the trade exhibition of 1879 - were not demolished.

In 1970 the buildings were so dilapidated that demolition was already planned. Donations made the renovation possible . The curved girder was reinforced with a steel tension band and two pillars of the temple were replaced. In 1984 another renovation took place, this time financed by the city of Offenbach. Another renovation followed in 2006, during which spotlights were installed for lighting. In 2014, a supporting wooden frame had to be erected to ensure stability. In addition, the temple is cordoned off and not accessible for liability reasons .

It is probably the oldest preserved concrete buildings without steel reinforcement in Germany. Today they are cultural monuments due to the Hessian Monument Protection Act .

The concrete buildings are part of the Route of Industrial Culture Rhine-Main and the destination of guided tours, including through the Offenbach am Main adult education center .

There is an older boundary stone near the important concrete parts. The gray sandstone block no longer marks a boundary today. The carved "B" could indicate the Biebelsmühle that once existed here. The boundary stone is also a cultural monument.

Villa hunter

The Villa Jäger located in Dreieich Park

Villa Jäger is located in the northeast of the park . When it was built in 1873, it was still on an open space and was only integrated into it when the park was laid out. The villa is a two-storey brick building with sandstone elements in neoclassical shapes. The facade has a central risalit with a triangular gable, in front of it a cantilevered bay window with column structure and a balcony with sandstone parapet and filigree lattice. In the gable triangle there is a medallion with a woman's head relief.

In 1969 the villa was sold to the city of Offenbach and the house of city history was set up there. In 2003 the Rosenheim Foundation acquired the building from the city. After the city museum had moved to the Bernard Building and an extensive modernization of the villa, the Rosenheim Museum was opened there in April 2008 as the city's first private museum. In 2011, the foundation closed the museum again, and in 2012 the building was sold to a private investor.

The building is a listed building .

Toilet house

Former toilet block

On the edge of the park towards Frankfurter Straße there is a picturesque house that was formerly used as a public toilet . The single-storey solid building was erected in 1906. It is plastered with a rusticated base, corner blocks and walls in sandstone. The distinctive feature of the building is the high nave roof with ventilation hood and bat dormer. The gable ends are constructed in a constructive framework. Since the building is an elaborately designed functional building of building typological and historical value, it is a listed building.

Other objects

In addition to the historic concrete buildings, there is a music pavilion in the park, which dates back to 1879.

In the western part of the park there is a memorial stone for the philosopher Philipp Mainländer, who was born in Offenbach in 1841 .

Another memorial stone in honor of the artist Friedrich Schröder Sonnenstern can also be found in the western part of the park .

The park's recreational facilities include a large pond , fountain, and playground .

Dreieich-Park is a listed building as part of the system ring.

Events

Since 2002, the weekend service of the evangelical peace church community has been celebrated with a musical program in the park on the Saturday before the fourth Advent .

The Offenbach Sunday concerts have been taking place in the park around the music pavilion since 2009 . On four Sundays a year, an orchestra plays light classical music with free admission . There is also a gastronomic offer.

literature

  • Konrad Bergmeister and others: Concrete calendar 2013: Service life and maintenance - containers. John Wiley & Sons, Berlin 2012. ISBN = 978-3-433-03000-4, p. 362.

Web links

Commons : Dreieich-Park  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  12. ^ A b State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Anlagenring In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse .
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  15. ↑ Jenny Bieniek: "It was the best for the city". In: op-online.de. January 15, 2014, accessed July 7, 2015 .
  16. ↑ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Frankfurter Straße 136 B In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse .
  17. ↑ Ramona Poltrock: Devout in the Park. In: op-online.de. December 23, 2013, accessed July 7, 2015 .
  18. ↑ Reinhold Gries: High-quality entertainment. (PDF; 859 kB) In: dirk-eisermann.com. Offenbach-Post , July 9, 2013, accessed on July 7, 2015 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 4.9 ″  N , 8 ° 44 ′ 49.8 ″  E