Chancellor's pasture

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View of the Chancellor's Pasture and the Glacis Bridge

The Chancellor's Pasture is a fairground and parking area in the East Westphalian city ​​of Minden in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is located on the right bank of the Weser near downtown Minden.

Origin of name

Beach area at the Chancellor's pasture

It owes its name to the Brandenburg-Prussian Chancellor Wilhelm Heinrich Danckelmann . He bought the former Stadtweide on March 29, 1691 from the city of Minden. After his death in 1752, the area was returned to the city. The name was retained.

history

The northern part of the right bank of the Weser was included in the 18th century for the construction of the fortress , in particular for the expansion of the bridgehead. The first Bürgererschützenfest took place in 1841 on the Chancellor's pasture. At that time Minden was still a fortress , it was only dissolved in 1872. In addition, there was a first river bathing establishment on Chancellor's pasture from 1851 to 1862 . From 1913 to 1930 there was a cloakroom and refreshment building.

Until the middle of the 20th century, there was little use for the Chancellor's pasture. In the 1950s, a campsite was set up on the banks of the Weser , and the care was provided by the little stall built on the site. There was once a mini golf course in the forest on the embankment . The square was used as a parade ground for political speeches. From 1960, however, the area was increasingly used as an event and festival area, including for the Minden trade fair . The increasing volume of traffic also ensured that a large parking area was created on the Chancellor's pasture. In 1995 the Kanzlers Weide car park was connected directly to the city center of Minden by building a glacie bridge over the Weser.

Todays use

Today numerous events and concerts take place on the Chancellor's Pasture. The city of Minden installed a new webcam and free WiFi here as part of its communication offensive in June 2015 . On the paved part of the square along the Weser, a caravan site for the city of Minden was created. By a council decision of the city of Minden, this has been subject to a fee for mobile homes since July 1, 2016.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Always on an election campaign tour: from Adenauer to Merkel, many heads of government come to Minden. In: Mindener Tageblatt. August 27, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2017 .
  2. ^ Mindener Bürgerbataillon eV: Mindener Bürgerbataillon eV | Mindener should do the friction. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 25, 2017 ; Retrieved August 25, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mindener-buergerbataillon.de
  3. ↑ 2013 | Minden - the city with a plus. Retrieved August 25, 2017 .
  4. ^ In 1956 Minden's deputy mayor Dr. Hans Mosel - the FDP was his party - gave a pithy speech in front of around 10,000 former members of the Waffen SS on Chancellor's Pasture on August 28, 2017.
  5. ↑ media salad: Mindener fair. Retrieved August 25, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Chancellor's pasture fairground (Minden) - Events | meinestadt.de. Retrieved August 25, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Minden webcam page , accessed on August 28, 2017.
  8. ↑ Introduction of parking space fees for mobile homes on Kanzlers Pasture. Press release of the city of Minden from July 1, 2016, accessed on August 28, 2017.
  9. ↑ Free WiFi and webcam now also on Chancellor's pasture. In: Mindener Tageblatt. accessed on August 28, 2017.

Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 14.2 "  N , 8 ° 55 ′ 26.3"  E