Casino garden (Wuppertal)

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Casino garden, in the background the city ​​library
Bellona figure group by Georg Kolbe

The casino garden is a park in Wuppertal - Elberfeld .

description

The casino garden is framed by the Luis Street to the north, Casino street with the Evangelical Association house in the east, the under monument protection standing administration building of the tax office in the southern Kolpingstraße and the standing also protected building of the Municipal Library of Wuppertal in the west.

On the lined by bushes and sidewalks central lawn is since 1949 the figure group Bellona from bronze , which by the sculptor Georg Kolbe was manufactured and delivered to Elberfeld 1,922th

The name of the park and the adjoining street was given by the Casino company on the site of today's tax office, which existed from 1805 to 1936. In its early days, the company was called Museum , so Kasinostraße was called Museumsstraße at that time. North of the park is the street Am Kasinogarten in the immediate vicinity .

Web links

Commons : Casino Garden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Journal of the Association for Rhenish and Westphalian Folklore Issues 15–22. Association for Rhenish and Westphalian Folklore, Elberfeld 1918. p. 29.
  2. ^ History . In: Schützengesellschaft am Brill
  3. A place at the other end of town . In: wuppertal.de

Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 26.7 ″  N , 7 ° 8 ′ 27.1 ″  E