Johanny's Park
Johanny's Park in Hückeswagen is the city park and the largest inner-city green space in Hückeswagen.
It is named after the Johanny family of industrialists who, among other things, operated a cloth factory in Hückeswagen. The family also built several drapery villas in the city, one of which is now the Hückeswagen city library .
From 1950, the park was landscaped for the first time by the Heimat Transport and Beautification Association. The central point of the park is a pond with a fountain, which is also called the swan pond. In order to make the city park more attractive, a donor from Switzerland gave the city a pair of swans, so that the pond was then given the name Swan Pond. A swan house was built especially for the two animals, but it no longer exists today.
Today the city park next to the Schlosshagen fulfills the function of a "green lung". It is the link between the city center / old town and the sports facilities in Brunsbachtal with an indoor pool and multi-purpose hall. At the beginning of 2008, extensive clearing measures took place, as the trees in the park had not been cut back to the required extent for decades. Frequent closures after storms or heavy snowfall were the result.
Literature and source
- Festschrift 100 years of the Heimat- Verkehrs- and Beautification Association Hückeswagen
Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 51.7 ″ N , 7 ° 20 ′ 5.5 ″ E