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Arch bridge over the Stadtparkweiher
Autumn impression from the Höchst City Park
Old trees and benches in the Höchst City Park

The Höchst City Park is a 14.6 hectare public park in the Höchst district of Frankfurt . It belongs to the Frankfurt Green Belt and is therefore a protected landscape area.

The park

Characteristic for the park are an approx. 1,900 m 2 large pond with arched bridge and water lily area. The old trees are from the time the park was created. There is a large lawn for sunbathing and a playground north of the Stadtparkweiher.

The Helene-Lange-Schule , a grammar school, has been directly adjacent to the Höchst City Park since 1965 . The SG 01 Hoechst sports facilities are also located in the city park . In the east and south of the park there are extensive allotment gardens that extend south towards Nidda . In the north-west of the park is the old Höchst cemetery on Kurmainzer Straße .

history

The industrial city of Höchst only had a relatively small green space in the city, which was insufficient for the recreational needs of the growing population. At the suggestion of the Höchst Mayor Viktor Palleske , the Höchst City Park was created as a public park between 1908 and 1911 on a former swamp area based on designs by the garden architect Robert Waldecker and the Mönchengladbach horticultural director Felix Hartrath . In honor Palleskes the park was called up to the 1960s Palleske Park . Between 1930 and 1932 the park was expanded to include the area of ​​the Breuerwiesen and the pond was enlarged. Immediately after the Second World War , the park area was used to grow fruit and vegetables.

literature

  • Tom Königs (ed.): City parks. Urban nature in Frankfurt am Main. Frankfurt am Main 1993: Campus. P. 114f.
  • Rudolf Schäfer: Chronicle of Höchst am Main. Frankfurt am Main 1986: Waldemar Kramer.
  • Sonja Thielen: Green Frankfurt. A guide to more than 70 parks and facilities in the city. Frankfurt am Main 2007: B3 Verlag. P. 56f.

Web links

Commons : Höchst Stadtpark  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b City of Frankfurt am Main, Environment Agency (ed.): The Green Belt Leisure Card . 7th edition, 2011
  2. ↑ Höchst Stadtpark at par.frankfurt.de , the former website of the City of Frankfurt am Main (accessed October 27, 2018)

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 35 ″  N , 8 ° 33 ′ 19 ″  E