Hermann Seidel Park
The Hermann Seidel Park , also known as Volkspark Striesen or Rhododendron Park (popularly called Rhodo ), is an approximately two- hectare public green space in Dresden- Striesen . It is located on part of the former area of the Hermann Seidel nursery. The park is bordered by Augsburger Strasse, Eisenacher Strasse, Ermelstrasse and Pohlandstrasse. The facility was named after Hermann Seidel , a Dresden entrepreneur and plant breeder from the Seidel gardening dynasty .
history
After the Seidel nursery moved to Laubegast at the end of the 19th century, the city of Dresden took over the site to set up a public park. The rhododendron cultivars of Seidel, which remained at their location, formed the basis for the planting of the area. From 1920 the area was expanded into a public park. Trees were planted and paths, playgrounds and a toboggan run were created.
Before the outbreak of the Second World War , Pfunds Dairy ran a sales pavilion in Hermann-Seidel-Park . After the end of the war and during the GDR era , the maintenance of the park was stopped and the area overgrown. In the years after 1989/90 the entire park including the path system, a children's playground and the fairy tale fountain was restored.
Fairytale fountain
The fairy tale fountain was donated in 1903 by Bruno Hietzig , the then owner of the CG Kunath Granitwerke from Demitz-Thumitz , in preparation for the German Urban Development Exhibition. It was originally located on the event site on Lingnerallee and was later moved to Johann-Georgen-Allee. The architectural design of the fountain comes from the architects Schilling & Graebner , Paula Hietzig, the wife of the founder, was involved in the design. In the course of the construction work of the German Hygiene Museum , the fountain was moved to Hermann Seidel Park (then Volkspark Striesen ) in 1930 . A metal relief in the fountain stele shows a scene from the fairy tale Little Brother and Little Sister of the Brothers Grimm .
literature
- Mustafa Haikal : The camellia forest . The story of a German nursery. 3rd revised and expanded edition. Sandstein Verlag , Dresden 2010, ISBN 978-3-942422-17-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Igeltour Dresden (ed.): Dresden. New walks through history . 1st edition. Sutton Verlag , Erfurt 2011, ISBN 978-3-86680-782-2 , p. 79 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ A b Lars Herrmann: Hermann Seidel Park. In: www.dresdner-stadtteile.de. Retrieved January 25, 2017 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 47.8 " N , 13 ° 47 ′ 53.2" E