Wiesbaden spa gardens
The spa gardens of the Hessian state capital Wiesbaden were laid out in 1852 in the style of an English landscape garden.
It extends over an area of 75,000 m² in the Rambach valley from the Kurhaus in the city center ( Kureck ) to the center of Sonnenberg . From the fenced-in area of the spa park, the spa complex leads through the Rambachtal with another pond. The Aukammtal flows into the Rambachtal. The Kurpark and the Rambachtal are laterally bounded by Sonnenberger Strasse in the north and Parkstrasse in the south. Large villa areas from the Wilhelminian era stretch out on the slopes around the spa gardens . The regularly planted flower bed by the pond has been replaced by an easy-care field of bush roses. The bloom of the rhododendron population has suffered from bud infestation for years. Only the numerous magnolias enchant the spa park with a sea of flowers at the beginning of April.
In addition to a pond with a six-meter-high water fountain and old, partly exotic trees, the spa park also offers several art objects and monuments, including two portico sandstone pillars from the central building of the old spa building from 1810, as well as Fjodor-Dostoevsky at the so-called Nice Place -Bust. At the other end is the Gustav Freytag memorial. In 1907 the park was redesigned as part of the new building of the Kurhaus and cleared in 1937. In recent years, large trees have again been felled and replaced by native ones. Even the large ornamental cherry was not spared from the tree felling action.
Classical concerts used to take place every Sunday in the concert shell between the Kurhaus and the pond. For several years now, the park has also been the setting for pop concerts. A Sting concert took place here in 2004 , and Patricia Kaas performed in 2005 . On July 28, 2005, the Dalai Lama spoke here in front of around 10,000 spectators, while the “Friends for a Friend” association, co-founded in 2004 by the then Prime Minister Roland Koch (CDU), organized the performance. During the 2006 soccer world championship from June 9th to July 9th 2006 and during the 2008 European soccer championship , the park was renamed Helmut Schön Park. This was done in honor of the former DFB coach who began his coaching career in Wiesbaden and died there in 1996.
Spa park with pond in March 2007 during the tree blossom
Spa park with pond in March 2007 during the tree blossom
Kurpark with pond and back of the Kurhaus in the background during the 2007 trees
Spa park with fountain
Concert shell in the spa park ...
... during the 100th anniversary of the Kurhaus
Kurpark 2013
The city arms on one of the lamps in the park
Web links
- A description on wiesbaden.de (accessed on May 13, 2014)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frankfurter Neue Presse of July 13, 2015, Gisela Kirschstein: The Dalai Lama in Wiesbaden A person among people
Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 4 ″ N , 8 ° 15 ′ 6 ″ E