Garden culture path on both sides of the Neisse

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The garden culture path on both sides of the Neisse is a project of the Deutsche Gartenbau-Gesellschaft 1822 eV (DGG) to network the citizens, administrations, organizations and companies who are locally involved in the gardens and parks and to link existing horticultural offers and initiatives. The cooperation improves tourism development, achieves national and European funding and thus helps to maintain and improve regional gardening and architecture together in high quality.

Klitschdorf Castle around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

location

The gardens and parks are located in the east of Saxony and in the neighboring border regions of Poland . This is also the area of ​​the Neisse-Nisa-Nysa Euroregion and the Lower Silesia and Upper Lusatia regions .

history

Concept and beginnings

In 2004 the development association “ Fürst-Pückler-Region eV ” took over the idea of ​​the garden culture paths from the German Horticultural Society 1822 eV and anchored the regional expression in the garden network Germany eV Parking seminars carried out. The project has been led by a German-Polish project management team since mid-2009 with the support of the Upper Lusatia Culture Area - Lower Silesia Association (in accordance with the Saxon Culture Area Act ) and the Upper Lusatia-Lower Silesia Sparkasse . Through the cooperation with several German and Polish partners, the EU funding for the support of the professional park maintenance, development of the planning basis and a garden tourism concept should be achieved. Also in 2009, Countess Bettina Bernadotte was won as patron and applications were made for four park maintenance support points (in the district of Görlitz, in the district of Bautzen as well as in Boleslawec (Bunzlau) and Jelenia Gora (Hirschberg)) through the German-Polish funding program Objective 3 (tourism marketing and care management). A park manager, an assistant, two to three gardeners, as well as supported workers from the respective municipalities were planned. Also in 2009 the municipality of Boxberg signed a cooperation agreement for the parks Nochten and Uhyst.

Foundation of the association and first EU funding

In May 2010, 16 members founded the association "Garden culture path on both sides of the Neisse" (now: Garden culture path Oberlausitz eV ) based in Bad Muskau in order to anchor the planned projects in the region, to promote contact with one another and in the future to be effective as a cross-border association. In March 2012, two large EU projects were approved: 461,200 euros for the parks, gardens and their cross-border tourist marketing, a further 574,000 euros for the expansion of the hiking and cycling network and ten additional water entry and exit points for canoeists along the Lusatian rivers Neisse. However, in contrast to the Polish side, the funds for workers (e.g. for exposing lines of sight) were not available on the German side.

First successes

The maintenance status of the parks and gardens and the training of the local actors varied widely. With the approval of the EU funding, two pre-planned projects could be tackled. The development company Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia (ENO) was won over as a partner for the first project “Maintenance and Planning” . "The aim of this project is the development of a uniform guideline for the maintenance and design of the parks", explains Thomas Vogel from the ENO of the regional newspaper " Lausitzer Rundschau ". In small groups, experts should examine concepts, test their suitability on site and develop a common standard for park and garden maintenance. The second project with the services for structural and labor market development Dresden GmbH (DSA) deals with tourism marketing . A common tourism and marketing concept also requires a common identification between the Polish and German parts, which still needs to be worked on. Information material is to be developed on this basis. 2013 was created in collaboration with Foundation Lower Silesian forests , the Foundation Parks and Gardens in the Jelenia Góra Valley and the marketing society Upper-Silesia mbH (MGO) a map showing the 33 gardens and seven geographical routes: Hirschberger valley, green beads of the Lower Silesian forests, along the Neisse, heathland, between Dresden and Görlitz, castle parks - Bautzen, Zittau Mountains.

Balance after 5 years

In September 2015, in its 5th year of existence, the sponsoring association was renamed "Gartenkulturpfad Oberlausitz eV". Even if not all hopes were fulfilled, the result is positive: very successful lobbying work for the parks and gardens of nature, which are seen as living monuments; the association has published a guide for park maintenance that contains important suggestions and information; “Monument conservation target concepts” worth 10,000 euros each are already available for twelve historic parks and gardens. The proven parking seminars are to be continued. Audi guides and a mobile phone-readable QR code at the park entrance are planned.

Members

Rakotzbrücke in Kromlau (Gablenz)
Hainewalde Castle and Castle Gardens
Baroque Neschwitz Castle

Association members are the following facilities of the garden culture trail:

Contractually regulated cooperation already existed before the association was founded in 2010.

Furthermore, there is a close cooperation through cooperation agreements with

service

The homepage of the Gartenkulturpfad Oberlausitz eV offers

  • an overview of the participating facilities (members) with a situation map
  • an overview of cooperating systems with web links
  • a list of other interesting plants in the area
  • Information on each individual member park or garden
    • Description with a brief historical overview
    • Events
    • Audio guide
  • an event calendar
  • seven geographical routes with PDF download
  • Information on projects

In addition to other printed information material and press articles, there is an annual event calendar, for the first time in 2017.

There is a traveling exhibition and since 2011 a German-Polish weekend.

Web links

Commons : Garden culture path on both sides of the Neisse  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Sources and individual references

  1. ↑ (pm) / (Gabi Nitsche): The garden culture path in theory and practice in: Lausitzer Rundschau February 18, 2008, Weißwasser edition, accessed on June 3, 2018
  2. ↑ Regina Weiß: (Park) -Traum could become reality in: Lausitzer Rundschau July 2nd, 2009, Weißwasser edition, accessed on June 3rd, 2018
  3. ↑ Regina Weiß: Four park maintenance support points for the garden culture path in: Lausitzer Rundschau August 21, 2009, Weißwasser edition, accessed on June 3, 2018
  4. ↑ a b c Regina Weiß: Boxberg project partner for garden culture path in: Lausitzer Rundschau November 24, 2009, Weißwasser edition, accessed on June 3, 2018
  5. ^ Regina Weiß: New Association for Garden Culture Path in: Lausitzer Rundschau May 12, 2010, Weißwasser edition, accessed on June 4, 2018
  6. ^ Regina Weiß: Green light for garden culture path in: Lausitzer Rundschau March 27, 2012, Weißwasser edition, accessed on June 4, 2018
  7. ↑ Origin and goals on the German homepage of the garden culture trail on both sides of the Neisse
  8. ↑ Regina Weiß: There is a downer in: Lausitzer Rundschau March 27, 2012, Weißwasser edition, accessed on June 4, 2018
  9. ^ Regina Weiß: The cultural path in Bautzen can take shape in: Lausitzer Rundschau April 3, 2012, Weißwasser edition, accessed on June 4, 2018
  10. ↑ Regina Weiß: Discoveries on seven park routes for tourists in: Lausitzer Rundschau April 27, 2013, Weißwasser edition, accessed on June 4, 2018
  11. ↑ (pm) / Regina Weiß: Map for the garden culture path on both sides of the Neisse is now available in: Lausitzer Rundschau July 26, 2013, Weißwasser edition, accessed on June 4, 2018
  12. ↑ (pm) / Uwe Menschner (ume1): Successful for parks and gardens in: Lausitzer Rundschau September 18, 2015, Weißwasser edition, accessed on June 5, 2018
  13. ↑ Regina Weiß: Along the garden culture path with modern technology in: Lausitzer Rundschau February 9, 2016, Weißwasser edition, accessed on June 6, 2018
  14. ↑ Gardens and parks on the German homepage of the garden culture trail on both sides of the Neisse
  15. ^ Regina Weiß: Kurznachrichten; Municipality of Gablenz in: Lausitzer Rundschau March 16, 2011, Weißwasser edition, accessed on June 4, 2018
  16. ↑ Gabi Nitsche: Kliczkow Castle is on the Garden Culture Path in: Lausitzer Rundschau August 12, 2006, Weißwasser edition, accessed on June 3, 2018
  17. ↑ (red./dh): New publication on gardens and parks on the Neisse in: Lausitzer Rundschau May 27, 2017, Weißwasser edition, accessed on June 6, 2018
  18. ^ Regina Weiß: Visiting parks in Bad Muskau in: Lausitzer Rundschau April 3, 2014, Weißwasser edition, accessed on June 6, 2018
  19. ↑ (rpm) / Regina Weiß: German-Polish weekend in: Lausitzer Rundschau September 16, 2017, Weißwasser edition, accessed on June 6, 2018