Leonhard-Eißnert-Park

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The Leonhard-Eißnert Park is on the Bieberer mountain in Offenbach am Main situated People's Park , the Offenbacher in the grounds youth traffic school of the Hessian police and a climbing park is located. With 22 hectares, it is the largest park in Offenbach and is freely accessible all year round.

The spa located in the park 's Memorial is a cultural monument by the Hessian Monument Protection Act .

Emergence

The park was created in 1911 under the name Waldpark am Bieberer Berg by the then municipal department head and later mayor Leonhard Eißnert and the garden designer Ferdinand Tutenberg in order to give the inhabitants of the industrial site Offenbach the opportunity to relax in the countryside. Eißnert wrote: "(The Offenbachers) should find the opportunity to enjoy the fresh air in the evening hours, to enjoy the bush and tree and colorful blooming flowers and to settle in the numerous resting places for recreation and edification." For this purpose At that time, large parts of the park were left as forest and walking paths were laid out.

In April 1933 the park was renamed Adolf Hitler Park ; after the end of the Second World War the park was named after Leonhard Eißnert.

Further expansion took place only in the 1960s, when parts of the park to a sprawling lawn redesigned and a mini golf Plant with attached kiosk and a Wassersprühfeld with concrete - fountains were built. In 2001, a skate park with various elements such as a half pipe was inaugurated. In 2005 the badminton fields were renovated. In 2007, the Fun Forest climbing park was inaugurated, to which the mini golf course had to give way.

Facility

Fallen memorial

Fallen memorial

At the focal point of a long aisle, a nameless monument made of shell limestone for the fallen Offenbach soldiers from the First World War was erected from 1924 to 1926 . The plans came from Hugo Eberhardt , the sculptural jewelry was created by Ernst Edgar Unger . The long construction time is due to considerable financial difficulties, which were resolved by a collection on the day of national mourning introduced in 1925 . Erected in a circular shape, rusticated cuboids serve as a base. On the northeast side there is a six-step staircase, which makes the property accessible. Eight supports carry the architrave with a scratched edge. Inside the monument there is a smooth square cube with Hessian coat of arms reliefs. The shell that once stood on the cuboid is no longer there. The pathetic gesture of the monument sparked heated, critical discussions when it opened on Pentecost in 1926. In 1957, the memory of those who fell in World War II was expanded by adding the year 1939–45 .

The following inscriptions can be found on the monument:

  • Frieze outside: AND WHO FIND DEATH IN THE HOLY FIGHT, ALSO REST IN FOREIGN EARTH IN THE FATHERLAND
  • Frieze inside: DEN SÖHNEN OFFENBACHS + E / 168 + BEB 49 + II / RIR 254 + IR 168 + RIR 221 + IR 186 + III / IR 365
  • Cube:
    1st page: ESTABLISHED 1924–1926 IN GRATITUDE AND ADORATION BY COMMERCIALS
    Page 2: IN DEFENSE OF THE FATHERLAND FIELD 1914–1918 FROM THE INF. REGT. 168 AND ITS FORMATIONS 9769 HEROES
    Page 3: THE REGIMENTERS FIGHTED IN FRANCE, BELGIUM, RUSSIA, CARPATHIA, GALICIA, SERBIA AND ROMANIA
    4th page: Hessen coat of arms with crown and lion

The monument is a cultural monument according to the Hessian Monument Protection Act and is under monument protection .

Youth traffic school

Traffic training area

Also in the 1960s, a traffic training area was laid out, where police officers teach Offenbach elementary schoolchildren how to behave correctly in traffic . In addition to the training pavilion, miniaturized streets with various traffic signs , traffic lights and a roundabout are available for this purpose.

Soup bowl

Soup bowl

The so-called soup bowl in Offenbach's vernacular is a circular depression on the edge of the park area, which is often used by local bands for concerts . In winter it is used by children for sledding .

The Offenbach Soup Bowl Cross Run, which was first held in 2010 in the Leonhard Eißnert Park and organized by the Offenbach Athletics Club and the city of Offenbach, is named after this part of the park .

Climbing park

Fun Forest climbing park

At Easter 2007, a three-hectare climbing park was opened by the Fun Forest company on the grounds of the Leonhard-Eißnert-Park . At a height of between five and fifteen meters, well over 100 trees were connected with steel ropes and footbridges through which various climbing stations can be reached. The paid offer is aimed at adults and children from the age of five.

Events

Every year is from urban youth office and the city Elternbeirat the daycare in late summer a game solid, the so-called children's party in the park aligned. This includes various performances by clowns , jugglers and musicians, as well as various games, sports and handicrafts for children and their families.

Since 2010, the park has held regular outdoor concerts with electronic music under the motto See Us There in the summer months .

Web links

Commons : Leonhard-Eißnert-Park  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Gefallenendenkmal In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen .
  2. ↑ a b c Carmen Schmidt: History of the Leonhard Eißnert Park reflects changing leisure trends. In: offenbach.de. September 21, 2006, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on August 11, 2016 .
  3. ↑ 1933: Hitler seizes power - Offenbach is brought into line. From: offenbach.de , April 22, 2008, accessed April 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ Lothar R. Braun: Inauguration under police protection: What remains of stone evidence of the “Great War” in the city of Offenbach. In: op-online.de. August 30, 2014, accessed January 11, 2016 .
  5. ^ Offenbach am Main (Leonhard-Eißnert-Park), Hesse . From: denkmalprojekt.org , March 31, 2013, accessed November 7, 2013.
  6. ↑ A foray through the Leonhard-Eißnert-Park. In: offenbach.de. September 19, 2006, archived from the original on January 11, 2016 ; accessed on August 12, 2016 .
  7. ↑ 1st Offenbacher Soup Bowl Cross Run on January 23, 2010. In: offenbach.de. January 22, 2010, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on August 12, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Only the first step is really difficult. In: offenbach.de. May 22, 2007, accessed August 13, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Celebration with bouncy castle and artists. In: fr-online.de . September 14, 2016, accessed September 16, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Khang Nguyen: "See Us There" in Soup Bowl: The Charm of the Bowl. op-online, June 2, 2014, accessed on January 11, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Daniel Schmitt: Cancellation of "See Us There" in soup bowl. In: op-online.de. May 5, 2015, accessed January 11, 2016 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 5 '49.2 "  N , 8 ° 47' 48.5"  E