Horner Park

Horner Park in February 2018

Coordinates: 53 ° 32 '50.4 "  N , 10 ° 4' 57.1"  E

Horner Park​

Hamburg

The Horner Park is a six-hectare public green space in the Horn district of Hamburg . Like many other parks in Hamburg, it goes back to an earlier private garden, the beginnings of which can be traced back to the 17th century.

In contrast to the neighboring Blohms Park , the Horner Park is not on the Geesthang , but south of the Horner Landstrasse in the deeper marshland . In the south and east it is bordered by Bergedorfer Straße ( B 5 ) and the “Horner Rampe” street ( Ring 2 ).

Since the end of the 18th century, the area has belonged to the Hamburg shipowner and merchant family Duncker, who had a representative country house built here by the architect Johann August Arens . Initially only used as a summer house, it was expanded into the family's permanent residence at the latest after the end of the French era . After several changes of ownership (including the banker Georg Heinrich Kaemmerer ), the property came into the possession of the city of Hamburg in 1909, which initially wanted to designate it as building land and therefore had all the ancillary buildings demolished. However, after protests from local residents, this plan was dropped and the site was converted into a public park. The former country house itself was placed under monument protection and used as a district office and police station. It was completely destroyed by bombs during World War II.

Today the park consists of extensive meadow areas flanked by trees, a children's playground with a playhouse as well as barbecue and sports facilities.

Web links

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

• The history of Horner Park (private website of local history researcher Gerd Rasquin - June 2008)