Castle Park (Wolfsburg)

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Castle park with a bridge over the Allerarm
The baroque garden with the pavilion in winter

The castle park is a park at Wolfsburg Castle in the Lower Saxony city ​​of Wolfsburg .

Geography and equipment

The park consists of the approx. 26 hectare large actual castle park around the castle and the small baroque garden north of the castle. The area is part of the Aller glacial valley , the Aller forms the boundary of the area in the southwest; In the eastern part of the park, the B 188 forms the southern border. In the north, the park borders on Schloßstraße. An Allerarm leads east past the castle through the park, which is designed as an English landscape garden. The area is designated as a landscape protection area.

The tree population includes numerous old deciduous trees. There are wet meadows near the Aller. The center is formed by a large lawn. There are numerous sculptures in the castle park, several of which were made by artists in the castle in the 1990s. The sculpture park is to the east of the baroque garden. The sculpture Ode to Forgetfulness by Bernhard Martin , which is to be expanded into a maze for children, has been on view there since August 20, 2013 . There are numerous pink-painted benches in the park. Three works by Thomas Kiesewetter will be shown in the sculpture park .

history

State Horticultural Show 2004 in Wolfsburg Castle Park

The part to the south of the castle was built at the end of the 17th century when the former "Wolfsburg" was transformed into a representative castle. The baroque pleasure garden was laid out at the beginning of the 18th century . It was first mentioned in 1709; In 1723 a two-storey summer house was built , on the site of which a pavilion, which still exists today, was built in 1912. The architect was the Fallersleber Wilhelm Hillendahl. The landscape park east of the castle was created in the 19th century.

From 1948 to 1954, the “Schloßpark-Restaurant und Café” was located in the pavilion of the baroque garden, in front of which there were dancing parties on Sundays. In 2000 the baroque garden was restored. In 2004 the state horticultural show took place in the park area and south of it . The park area was expanded to the current border to the south. Three circular gardens with stainless steel elements were created , which were preserved after the state horticultural show.

Regular events

  • Spring magic, in spring
  • Garden romance, in summer

literature

  • Peter Steckhan: Wolfsburg Castle, the historic gardens and parks. Wolfsburg 2004, ISBN 3-931481-14-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website for the State Garden Show , accessed on August 23, 2013
  2. ↑ Planting campaign in the sculpture park begins in mid-April presse-service.de, accessed on February 11, 2016
  3. ↑ Information on the Baroque Garden , accessed on August 22, 2013
  4. ↑ a b Moonlight Waltz in front of the pavilion in the Wolfsburger Nachrichten baroque garden on February 8, 2013, accessed on August 22, 2013
  5. ↑ Representation and description of one of the district gardens , accessed on August 24, 2013

Coordinates: 52 ° 26 ′ 22 ″  N , 10 ° 48 ′ 4 ″  E