Landscape protection area Rittergutspark Destedt
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Landscape protection area
Rittergutspark Destedt |
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 Pond at the entrance to the Destedt manor park |
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| location | Destedt , Cremlingen municipality , Wolfenbüttel district , Lower Saxony , Germany | |
| surface | 6.2 ha | |
| Identifier | LSG WF 00025 | |
| WDPA ID | 323905 | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 14 ' N , 10 ° 43' E | |
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| Setup date | 1970 | |
The landscape protection area Rittergutspark Destedt , also called Schlosspark Destedt , extends over an area of 6.2 hectares. It is located on the outskirts of the Lower Saxon town of Destedt and is about 18 kilometers east of Braunschweig and 8 kilometers west of Königslutter . It has been designated as a landscape protection area several times in the past , most recently in 1970 by the Wolfenbüttel district . The park is regarded as "one of the first preserved total garden art works of the German landscape park movement".
history
After marrying Margarethe von Münchhausen from Schwöbber, Johann Friedrich von Veltheim (1731–1800) planned to expand the existing, small French-style garden. He began with the design of the complex in 1768. A garden was created, less according to English than German ideas. The gardener Lenke from Schwöbber played a decisive role in the garden design.
A plan from 1772 shows that the park is one of the first landscape parks in Germany to be designed according to a systematic concept. In order to expand the park, several properties east of the palace were acquired. This lasted until 1793. To design the park, saplings and seeds were imported from overseas and cultivated in Destedt.
As early as 1935, the park was declared a landscape protection area by the Reich Nature Conservation Act. After the Second World War , the estate park was declared a landscape protection area on March 7, 1955 by the Braunschweig district , which was dissolved in 1974. In 1970 the district Wolfenbüttel (LSG WF 25) added it to the list of landscape protection areas .
Large horse shows were held on the grounds of the park until 1990.
Festivals are also held in the park, such as the Probsteifest in August 2009.
In August 2013 the first festival of the series of events "Jazz im Park" took place in the park of the manor, an event of the Braunschweigische Landschaft and the Braunschweigischer Kulturbesitz Foundation that takes place annually in a different park in the Braunschweig area .
Conception of the park
The landscape protection park extends east-west in front of the north facade of Destedt Castle . The park area can be entered via a bridge, the so-called "Chinese Bridge", which is located on a pond with a water fountain. A brook flows into this bridge, which feeds the pond. Numerous paths with names lead through the estate park. The paths offer views of grassy areas that are bordered by trees. In the park, lines of sight open up again and again, offering a view of the Harz , Elm and as far as Braunschweig.
Opening lines of sight in the park
Paths and grass areas in the park
Line of sight from the Pflaumenberg in the park
Oak trunk with a diameter of approx. 2 meters, felled by storm Kyrill in 2008
The park is characterized by its abundance of tall trees, many of which reach a height of over 40 meters. Numerous foreign trees were planted in it, including a large proportion of American trees. There are, for example, ginkgos , tulip and sequoia trees , copper beeches , plane trees , oaks and linden trees . The only blooming three-lobed papau ( called Indian banana) grows north of the Alps and one of the largest ginkgo trees in the Braunschweig region in the Rittergutspark . 150 trees are listed in a tree guide. Half of them are said to be of American origin. Numbers are sometimes attached to the trees that correspond to a tree guide who can be purchased from the estate administration for a small fee.
Today (2018) the park is used for recreation seekers from the area and the palm house in the park is used for celebrations and weddings.
At the bridge is tallest ginkgo in the park (about 40 meters high)
Sycamore at the park entrance, behind which is the right lock Destedt recognizable
The so-called "Little Sequoia " (about 38 meters high)
Copper beech attacked by drought (summer 2018)
Ginkgo tree , on the left in front of it a replanted ginkgo
In the park there is a used building called the Palm House (formerly the orangery ). There are stone ruins, grottoes and the sandstone urn by Margarethe von Veltheim, née von Münchhausen . Marked path stones made of Elm limestone point through the park. The paths are twisted.
On the artificially raised viewing hill, known as the Pflaumenberg, stone steps lead to a viewing platform on which there was a stone table. This was smashed in the 1970s. Stone stairs lead up the hill past a Duckstein grotto . A sycamore crowns the hill . All trees in the south and east of the hill are said to have been cut back and forth until the Second World War to ensure all-round visibility.
Palm house
Duckstein grotto on the Pflaumenberg
Wegstein: "Schönfliesser Weg" from Elmkalkstein
Urn with pedestal in the park made of sandstone
Renovation and maintenance
Since the trees are very old and may no longer withstand storms, young trees were planted in the immediate vicinity, which could serve as replacements in years' time.
In 2003, renovation work began on the early garden artwork. The measure is financially supported by the state of Lower Saxony, the European Union , the Lower Saxony Society for the Preservation of Historic Gardens and the German Federal Environment Foundation and the Borek Foundation and private funds.
See also
Web links
- Description of the Destedter Park at the Lower Saxony Society for the Preservation of Historical Gardens
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ordinance on the protection of the landscape part of the Rittergutspark Destedt , Official Gazette for the Lower Saxony administrative district of Braunschweig, May 21, 1970, pp. 17–19 ( PDF 331 KB; including location map)
- ↑ a b c Destedt Castle Park - An early landscape garden , on gaerten-parks.braunschweigischelandschaft.de. Retrieved September 4, 2018
- ↑ Ralf-Herbert Meyer: The gentle makeover , on der-lowe.info, from October 30, 2014. Retrieved on September 4, 2018
- ↑ Destedt Castle Park , on jazz-im park.com. Retrieved September 4, 2018