Princely Greizer Park

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The Fürstlich Greizer Park is an extensive landscape park in Greiz in Thuringia with numerous monuments and sights. Since 2009, the entire park has been a cultural monument of national importance.

Structure and geography

Entrance from Brückenstraße at the Freiheitsbrücke

The park extends over an area of ​​approx. 50 hectares and is geographically bounded in the west by the Gommlaer Forst, the Krümmetal and the river course of the White Elster in the north and south. In the north of the facility there are individual foothills that also extend beyond the natural water line. In the east, the park is delimited by the Gera Süd – Weischlitz railway line and the edge of the forest of the Krümmetal.

The Lustgarten can be entered via five entrances, four of which face the city: the main entrance on Brückenstrasse, two entrances on Parkgasse and one on Leonhardtstrasse. The bus stop "Greiz, Park Exit" is named after the latter . Another entrance leads over the air bridge that connects Greizer Park with the park-like Elster slope to the west with the Ida-Höhe .

In the middle of the park is the approximately eight hectare rush pond, which is bordered by three dams. The shape of the lake, which resembles an oak leaf, deserves a special mention.

history

The foundation stones for the park were laid around 1650, when the kitchen house at today's summer palace was extended by a garden. At the instigation of Count Heinrich II , who was ruling at the time , the existing complex was rebuilt as a pleasure garden in the Baroque style and expanded to include the orangery and the summer palace between 1715 and 1769 .

At the beginning of the 18th century, under the guidance of Prince Heinrich XIII. and later by his successor Heinrich XIX . a gradual redesign and extension to a landscape park based on the English model. During this time, the porcelain rotunda , the court theater and the hammer mill were built. The "Obergreizer Lustgarten", as it was called at that time, was opened to the public in 1830.

From 1872 the further planning of the design was accompanied by Carl Eduard Petzold and later, with a few modifications, implemented by Rudolph Reinecken . In the following years, the park was expanded to include numerous sights and monuments.

After the abdication of the Reuss Princely House in 1918, Greizer Park and the Summer Palace passed to the State of Thuringia. Further extensive redesigns and extensions followed. In 1950 it was renamed "Lenin Park", and in 1990 it was renamed "Greizer Park". Since September 12, 1994, all properties have belonged to the Thuringian Palaces and Gardens Foundation.

Since 2009, the entire park has been a cultural monument of national importance. The historical achievements of the Princely House of Reuss were particularly emphasized. In this context, the facilities were officially renamed "Fürstlich Greizer Park".

Flora and fauna

Over the centuries, unique biotopes have emerged through the design with constant inclusion of the given landscape structures and the central waters. This allowed numerous plant cultures to settle. A wide variety of trees, some of them historical, and the settlement of native animals also shape the landscape of the park. For this reason, it is the meeting point for a large number of plant and animal observers, including ornithologists .

Floods and reconstruction

In the history of Greizer Park, it has already been the victim of devastating floods several times. In 1733 and 2013, the floods caused extensive damage. In particular, the water damage in 2013 attracted national attention. Thanks to the park administration, the Thuringian Palaces and Gardens Foundation and some private donations, an extensive restoration of the facilities for 1.5 million euros was carried out in 2016. The 2016 Monument Protection Prize was also awarded as part of the renovation.

The orangery at the main entrance to the park was also affected by the 2013 flood. On the occasion of this, the facility has been thoroughly renovated and rebuilt since 2019. Among other things, a cold house with original eaves-high windows, a warm house, a workshop and rooms for the park administration will be created. A public toilet will also be installed in the building.

Special sights and viewpoints

Summer palace in Greizer Park

Special points within the park are

Monuments

Trivia

Numerous sagas and legends have formed around the entire park, its facilities and foothills in the last few centuries, which are still popular today or are told during guided tours and other events.

The expansion of the main entrance was one of the accompanying projects of the 2007 Federal Horticultural Show , which took place in Gera and Ronneburg.

literature

Web links

Commons : Greizer Park  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of Greizer Park - Freundeskreis Greizer Park eV. Accessed on January 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b History of Greizer Park - Freundeskreis Greizer Park eV. Accessed on January 11, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Princely Greizer Park. Retrieved January 11, 2020 .
  4. ^ Federal Garden Show 2007 - BUGA accompanying projects. Retrieved January 11, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Vogtland, of course | Gardens & Parks | Princely Greizer Park. Retrieved January 11, 2020 .
  6. ^ City of Greiz: Greizer Park. Landkreis-Greiz.de, accessed on January 11, 2020 .
  7. ↑ WORLD: Floods devastated Greizer Park - millions in damage . June 5, 2013 ( welt.de [accessed January 11, 2020]).
  8. ^ Foundation Thuringian Palaces and Gardens: Park gardening in Fürstlich Greizer Park is being renovated. November 11, 2019, accessed January 15, 2020 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 47.8 "  N , 12 ° 11 ′ 37.4"  E