Karl-Schwering-Platz

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Karl-Schwering-Platz
Rautenstrauchkanal with the sculptural group Kentaur and Naiade .
Round basin on the Rautenstrauchkanal in the area of ​​Karl-Schwering-Platz
Entrance to the sink garden, in the background the Church of Christ Resurrection
Playground facility on Karl-Schwering-Platz

The Karl-Schwering Square is a 1925 by horticultural director Fritz Encke designed green area in Cologne municipality Lindenthal . The square is part of the green corridor of the Lindenthal Canal , which was created as a connection between the inner green belt at the Aachener Weiher and the city ​​forest in the outer green belt on the initiative of the then Mayor of Cologne, Konrad Adenauer . The elongated square was named after the former director of the Apostle High School , Karl Schwering (1846–1925).

Demarcation

The square creates the connection between the two sub-canals of the Lindenthal Canal, the Clarenbach and Rautenstrauch canals, and ends today at Dürener Strasse, from which it is accessed. Originally, only the green space between Dürener Strasse and Frangenheimstrasse or Biggestrasse was called Karl-Schwering-Platz. Today the playground, the water basin at the Rautenstrauchkanal and the sunken garden west of the Brucknerstrasse are included in the Karl-Schwering-Platz. The Aachenerstraße that passes parallel to Dürener road north is only be reached on foot from the square to the Brucknerstraße.

history

The green area was laid out on the basis of the general development plan by Fritz Schumacher , which he set up between 1920 and 1923, at the same time as the construction of the Lindenthal Canal. In the area of ​​Karl-Schwering-Platz, the Lindenthal Canal - around the grounds of the Monastery of the Good Shepherd - will be moved 200 meters to the south and continued as a Rautenstrauch Canal . This begins on Karl-Schwering-Platz with a round basin that is framed with a wrought-iron grille. On both sides of the canal there have been two sculptures made of shell limestone by Eduard Schmitz based on designs by Georg Grasegger - Kentaur and Najade - since 1930 .

To the north of the circular basin is a sunken garden with rose borders and benches. In the middle of the small garden, Fritz Encke created a water lily pool. The garden is framed by a half-height wall with low bushes. South of the round pool is a children's playground with several play and climbing equipment, which is surrounded by flower beds. To the south, there is a small square area on which a roundel of poplars has been planted.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the park was poorly maintained, overgrown and partly dilapidated. With the help of the Cologne Green Foundation , which was founded on the initiative of Paul Bauwens-Adenauer and Patrick Adenauer , and the Green Space Office of the City of Cologne , the facility was gradually renewed and replanted. With the help of a private donation, the rose garden was restored in 2011. In 2015 the damaged paths in the area of ​​the cave garden were renewed.

Residents

In addition to the Apostelgymnasium, the Liebfrauenschule Cologne , the furniture trade school , a special needs school (back), the Church of the Resurrection of Christ and the Van Hasselt dance school are located on the square. In addition, the human sciences faculty of the University of Cologne and other special schools are in the catchment area.

literature

  • Werner Adams and Joachim Bauer (eds.): From the botanical garden to urban green - 200 years of Cologne green . Bachem Verlag, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-7616-1460-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Konrad Adenauer and Volker Gröbe : Lindenthal - The development of a Cologne suburb , JP Bachem, Cologne 1988, 2nd edition, ISBN 3-7616-0899-3 , pp. 97f.
  2. ^ Konrad Adenauer and Volker Gröbe: Streets and squares in Lindenthal . JP Bachem, Cologne 1992, ISBN 3-7616-1018-1 , pp. 83f.
  3. ↑ a b koelner-gruen.de: Repair of the rose basin , accessed on January 21, 2016
  4. ^ Hermann Josef Roth (Ed.): Kölner Naturführer - Ways to Nature in the Big City , Wienand, Cologne 1991, 2nd edition, ISBN 3-87909-256-7 , p. 140
  5. ^ Gerhard Kolberg, Karin Schuller-Procopovici: Sculpture in Cologne: images of the 20th century in the cityscape . Ed .: Museum Ludwig. Museum Ludwig, Cologne 1988, p. 77 .
  6. ^ René Zey: Parks in Cologne - A guide through the green spaces. Greven, Cologne 1993, ISBN, p. 127ff.
  7. ^ Hiltrud Kier, Ulrich Krings: Monuments in Cologne . In: Standspuren . tape 30 . JP Bachem, Cologne 2001, ISBN 978-3-7616-1460-0 , pp. 355 .
  8. ↑ a b Kölner Stadtanzeiger: Karl-Schwering-Platz should flourish again , accessed on January 19, 2016
  9. ^ Henriette Meyen: Cologne city green of the 20th century. In: Erik de Jong: The Garden - A Place of Change: Perspectives for Monument Preservation , Zurich 2006, p. 223
  10. ↑ stadt-koeln.de: City redevelops paths on Karl-Schwering-Platz , accessed on January 19, 2016

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Coordinates: 50 ° 55 '58.9 "  N , 6 ° 55' 1.7"  E