Engelenschanze
The Engelenschanze is a park and at the same time an important traffic junction in the southwestern center of the Westphalian city of Münster . It emerged from a former hill of the city fortifications surrounded by moats , which was built in 1622 as Johannisschanze.
After the demolition of the fortifications and transformation into a promenade starting about 1764 the ski jump initially went to Freiherr von Twickel than before to Johann Joseph Engelen, father of 1776 Maximilian Friedrich von Droste-Hulshoff was sold, the there from 1781 Build a mansion with a garden, which Clemens August von Vagedes was involved in building. The current name Engelenschanze for this facility goes back to Engelen . After the house was destroyed in the Second World War in 1944/45, the total area of the former ski jump was reduced by the expansion of the traffic routes. In 1962/63, the remaining area was converted into an urban green area, on which the kinetic sculpture "Three Rotating Squares" by the American artist George Rickey has been located since 1975 , which at the time of the installation caused fierce resistance among the population cared.
Due to its importance as a traffic junction as a feeder to the eastern city center and the main train station , the green area is divided into two parts. In the north-western part is the original part with a remnant of the moat and copper beech from the second half of the 18th century. Rickey's sculpture is also here. The southeastern tip is spatially separated by the road connecting Servatiiplatz to Ludgeriplatz . This part served as a parking lot until the redesign in the first half of the 2000s, but has since been based on the layout of the northwestern part.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 25 ″ N , 7 ° 37 ′ 50 ″ E