Hiroshima Park

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Hiroshima Park
Coat of arms Kiel (alternative) .svg
Park in Kiel
Hiroshima Park
View from the town hall tower to the Hiroshima park
Basic data
place Kiel
District Damperhof
Created 1934
Newly designed 1987
Surrounding streets Rathausstrasse, Fleethörn, Lorentzendamm
Buildings Bismarck monument , memorial stone for Sinti and Roma
use
User groups Pedestrians , leisure
Technical specifications
Parking area approx. 16,000 m²

The Hiroshimapark is a green space in the center of the Schleswig-Holstein state capital, Kiel . It is located between the City Hall and the Kleiner Kiel and commemorates the first atomic bomb being dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.

history

View from the town hall tower on the Lorentzendamm with the Higher Appeal Court (later Ministry of Justice ) on the Kleiner Kiel . In the foreground today's park area with the ruins of the school of scholars (1946)

The green area was laid out in 1934 as a Bismarck complex in memory of the former German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck . The Kiel Police President approved the name on May 18, 1934. By resolution of the Kiel Council on May 21, 1987, the name was changed to Hiroshimapark . From 1868 until its destruction in 1944, the Kiel School of Academics stood on the north-western part of the grounds of what is now around 16,000 m² of parkland on Lorentzendamm . From 1950 to 2002 the park was home to the sandstone sculpture Die Schlummerde by Richard Engelmann , which has since been moved back to its original location in Schrevenpark , where it had stood since 1926. Since 1986, the park has held a memorial service on August 6th every year to commemorate the atomic bombing in Hiroshima.

Buildings

media

  • View of Rathausstrasse, corner of Fleethörn (1971)

  • Kiel town hall tower and opera house (front); on the right half of the picture in the background the Hiroshimapark (2008)

  • Memorial stone for the Sinti and Roma from Schleswig-Holstein who fell victim to the genocide of the National Socialists

  • Bismarck statue in Hiroshimapark in Kiel

  • Changing Invisibility fountain by Jeppe Hein

  • The Changing Invisibility fountain designed as a water feature with light barriers by Jeppe Hein in Hiroshimapark in Kiel (video can be played by clicking on it).

Web links

Commons : Hiroshimapark  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lotus flowers as a sign of hope
  2. ↑ Kiel Street Lexicon
  3. ↑ Parks & Green Areas Hiroshimapark
  4. ↑ Harro Magnussen: Monument for Otto von Bismarck on sh-kunst.de
  5. ^ Memorial hour in Hiroshima Park in Kiel: Minority Commissioner Callsen recalls the deportation of Sinti and Roma
  6. ↑ Kleiner Kiel, Hiroshimapark & Ratsdienergarten on gartenrouten.de
  7. ↑ Overview map of the works of art on sh-kunst.de

Coordinates: 54 ° 19 '26.4 "  N , 10 ° 7' 55.6"  E