Katz'scher garden
The Katz'sche Garten is a baroque and sculpture garden in Gernsbach in the northern Black Forest .
history
The Katz'sche garden was laid out at the beginning of the 19th century by an Italian master horticulturist and is located on the banks of the Murg opposite the villa of the Murg boatmen family Katz, which was built by Friedrich Weinbrenner from 1797 to 1813.
Some of the original trees from the 19th century have been preserved to this day and are therefore extremely valuable, including a bald cypress from Florida and two magnolia trees , which are said to be among the oldest in Germany and north of the Alps.
The Gernsbach master builder Adolf Abel (not to be confused with the architect Adolf Abel ) extended the garden to the north in 1846. For this extension, an outbuilding with horse stables had to be replaced by a tea house. Due to its classical style, this tea house became the center of the path axes in the garden. Today it has been restored and serves as a garden pavilion.
During the Baden Revolution in 1849, the garden on the Murg bank side served the Prussian troops as a battle post.
The Katz'sche Garten was significantly shaped by Johanna Katz. Between 1913 and 1952 she collected stone carvings for the garden (partly from the old town of Gernsbach) and wrought-iron art objects from the 15th to 19th centuries. The garden, which was intended for high social occasions and events in the heyday of the debris ship, became a prestige object of the wealthy and influential Katz family.
In the 1960s the garden was opened to the general public. In order to match the zeitgeist, concrete slabs were laid and the original shapes were changed. This and the expansion of the Bleichstrasse inflicted deep wounds on the garden.
These wounds ultimately led to the guests staying away. The garden was aging, the plants were proliferating and the buildings were in disrepair. At this point, the viewer could only guess at the original idyll on the Murg from the glorious times.
Restoration and reopening
The Katz'sche Garten experienced a renaissance between 1995 and 2001. In order to preserve the valuable gardens with their collectibles and buildings for future generations, a voluntary working group was founded in 1995: the Katz'scher Garten working group .
During this time the garden remained closed, but with the help of the working group in cooperation with the city of Gernsbach it was able to be extensively restored and reopened in July 2001.
The historical forms were largely retained during the restoration. The property now belongs to the Pfleiderer company and no longer the Katz family, but Jürgen Illig's working group continues to take care of the plant and other new acquisitions.
Jürgen Illig gave the facility an exotic flair with a number of palm trees and plants imported from Italy, the USA and Asia and is striving for further expansion.
Sculptures
The garden is home to art objects from the late Gothic , Renaissance , Baroque and Art Nouveau periods .
The following sculptures can be seen:
- Entrance portal - portal from a house of a Gernsbach Murgschiffer family. (Renaissance, 1549)
- Draw well - wrought iron structure with globe, well basin made of volcanic rock, set up in the garden around 1924. (Baroque / Rococo , approx. 1750)
- House portal - presumably from the Gernsbach building, added to the system in 2006. (Baroque, 1790)
- Sandstone plinth - the base of the table originally from the Speyer cellar building in Gernsbach, came to the park in the 1970s. (Renaissance, 1628) Inscription: "Hans-Eberhart von Speier MADB"
- Sandstone tub - originally served as a well in the area of the pavilion. (Baroque, probably 18th century)
- Sandstone figure "God Mercury " - probably came from Fulda at the beginning of the 19th century, destroyed in 1987 and restored in 2006. (Baroque, 18th century)
- Edged flowerbed - Typical ornamental bed with cast iron edging as a replica , laid out in 1998. (Art Nouveau, late 19th century)
- Relief - family coat of arms motif in white sandstone with a crowned swan with a ring and a knight's helmet, added in 2000. (Renaissance, 16th / 17th century)
- Gothic railing - sandstone railing from the former garden of the Ebersteiner Hof in Gernsbach. (Late Gothic, around 1500)
- Church cross with weather vane - blacksmith's cross obtained after the parish church in Ottenau was demolished in 1909 and restored in 2000. (Baroque, 1749)
- "Gasthaus zur Glocke" tavern sign - it was placed in the garden in the 20th century and re-attached to the pavilion in 2000 Origin unclear. (Baroque, 18th century)
- Base with boy figure - sandstone base from the possession of Von-Bolin-Villa Gernsbach, repositioned in 1999 with a cast iron boy figure as a replica. (Art Nouveau, ca.1900)
- "Marktplatz" fountain stick - the original middle section of the Gernsbach market place fountain . (Late Gothic, 1549)
- Exit portal - door garment once belonged Gernsbacher Murgschifferfamilie Weber, the beginning was placed the 20th century. (Renaissance, 1550)
- Stair railing - Presumably part of a stately staircase. (Baroque, 18th century)
- Sculpture - originally from the abbot garden of Fulda, came to the garden in early 1800. ( Classicism , 18th century)
- Kegelkreuz - One of the oldest atonement crosses in the Rastatt district , formerly located not far from the Gernsbach bell chapel. (Late Gothic, 15th century)
- "Ulrike" fountain - once belonged to Villa Fieg in Gernsbach, was installed in the park in 2007 after restoration. ( Neo-Gothic , ca.1861)
- Dwarf House - After being demolished in the 1970s, rebuilt based on the original, used as a playhouse for the Katz children. (Art Nouveau, early 1900)
botany
There is a mild climate along the Murg, which allows plants to flourish, giving the garden a Mediterranean flair similar to the gardens on the northern Italian lakes. The following plants can be found in the garden:
- Magnolias ( Magnolia x soulangeana ), native to: Süd-u. East Asia (China / Japan)
- Box trees ( Buxus sempervirens ), native to the western Mediterranean
- Bald cypress ( Taxodium distichum ), native to: Southeastern USA (Florida, Virginia)
- Camellias ( Camelia japonica ), origin: Asia
- Brown mountain fig ( Ficus carica ), native to: Eastern Mediterranean
- Sky bamboo / chin. Bamboo ( Nandina domestica ), native to: China, Japan, India
- Aralia / Japanese angelica tree ( Aralia elata ), native to Northeast Asia
- Column-shaped Mediterranean cypress ( Cupressus sempervirens Pyramidalis ), native to: Eastern Mediterranean countries
- Silk tree / sleeping tree ( Albizia julibrissin ), home: Iran and subtropical area of Africa
- Passion flower ( Passiflora caerulea ), native to: South and Central America
- Trumpet tree ( Campsis x tagliabuana "Madam Galen" ), home: Eastern Asia
- Alpine snow gum tree ( Eucalyptus niphophila ), home: Australia
- Dwarf palm ( Chamaerops humilis ), native to: Southern Europe and Mediterranean countries
- Evergreen magnolia ( Magnolia grandiflora ), home: USA (Louisiana, Mississippi)
- Dwarf palmetto ( Sabal minor ), home: USA (North Carolina to Texas)
- Chilean honey palm ( Jubaea chilensis ), home: Chile
- Pomegranate tree ( Punica granatum ), native to: Asia Minor to Central Asia
- Indian Lagerstroemia ( Lagerstroemia indica ), home: China, Korea
- Fiber banana ( Musa basjoo ), native to: South Japan, Rio Kio Islands
- Blue needle palm ( Trithrinax campestris ), home: Argentina, Uruguay
- Mountain laurel ( Umbellularia californica ), native to North America
- Darjeeling banana ( Musa sikkimensis )
- Irises ( Iris )
- Chinese hemp palms ( Trachycarpus fortunei )
- Variegata ( Yucca gloriosa ), home: USA
- Palm Lily ( Yucca recurvifolia ), Origin: USA
Trivia
The Grand Duchess Luise of Prussia was one of the most famous visitors to the Katz'schen Garten .
Web links
- Katz'scher Garten - City of Gernsbach
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 48 ° 45 '52.6 " N , 8 ° 20' 10.4" E