Dreienbrunnenpark

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Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 56 ″  N , 11 ° 0 ′ 42.9 ″  E

Park path along the flood ditch
The Dreienbrunnenquelle

The Dreienbrunnenpark (or Luisenpark ) is a park in the south of Erfurt .

location

The approximately 2.3 hectare park is located in the south-west of the city between the Brühlervorstadt and the Erfurt-Hochheim district . It runs from Alfred-Hess-Straße in a south-westerly direction along the flood ditch . To the west of the park below Cyriakstrasse is the Dendrological Garden .

origin of the name

The park is named after three springs located close together in the south-western part of the complex. These artesian wells originally had natural outlets and their water flowed directly into the Gera. Fed by groundwater, the springs do not dry up even in drought. The Erfurt botanist Friedrich Adolph Haage therefore assumed that the name of the park was derived from “Treue Brunnen”, but not from the number of springs.

natural reserve

The Dreienbrunnenfeld was designated as a natural and cultural monument in 1961 due to its cultural and historical importance . In 2006, the status as a natural monument was revoked and an area of ​​around 5.57 hectares was ordained as a protected landscape component “Dreienbrunnen”.

There are also three small natural monuments in the park: an oak, a loess outcrop and the three springs.

history

Wooden bridge over the Oberlache

The swampy area in the Geraniederung was reclaimed in the 15th century and later turned into a pleasure garden. In 1813 a citizen of Erfurt built a mineral well fed by the three springs, and in 1843 a hiking trail was laid there. In 1897 the city of Erfurt acquired the site and commissioned the city gardening director Otto Linne to redesign the area. This created curved paths along the courses of the flood ditch and the upper pool and planted groups of tall trees, most of which are still preserved today. In September 1900 the park was opened for public use. Later the city administration had a plaque put up in honor of Queen Luise , who in 1803 with her husband King Wilhelm III. had stayed in Erfurt on a hereditary homage journey . For this reason, the eastern area of ​​the park is also called Luisenpark .

A cast iron commemorative plaque, framed by a wreath of tufa stones, reminded of another stay of the royal couple in the park with the following text: "The second June 1805 Friedrich Wilhelm III. AWA Louise - the place that a noble person entered is inaugurated". A master locksmith saved the plate. After a happy rediscovery, it will be restored and put back in the Luisenpark.

In 1908 the city of Erfurt granted the local arts and crafts teacher and sculptor Heinrich Steinhage (1880–1948) to erect a Herme for Queen Luise for the entrance area of ​​the park . The 2.90 meter high monument was unveiled in 1909. In 1918, unknown perpetrators toppled the bust from its base, and in 1920 it was restored and put back on. The memorial was removed in 1947 during the Soviet Zone . In 1993, after the fall of the Wall, a donation from Erfurt's Annemarie Meyenberg made it possible to reproduce a bust of Luisen by Christian Daniel Rauch . This fell victim to attacks by sprayers and ultimately theft.

In 1907, the city's only covered wooden bridge was moved from the former Kaiserplatz to the park. It leads over the Oberlache and serves as access to the dendrological garden, which was laid out between 1959 and 1961. In 1992 the city of Erfurt had the old well renewed.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Justification for the project-related development plan BRV 547 "Kressepark Erfurt" , p. 12
  2. ↑ Ordinance on the protected landscape component "Dreienbrunnen" in the Erfurt and Hochheim districts of May 29, 2006
  3. ↑ City map of Erfurt in the area of ​​the Dreienbrunnen Park with natural monuments and protected landscape components
  4. ↑ Karsten Grobe: Memory cast in iron. Medallion for the visit of the Prussian Queen Louise was discovered in a front garden. Thuringian newspaper, January 9, 2013
  5. ↑ Queen Luise Monument. Thuringian Natural Letter, accessed on March 20, 2009 .
  6. ↑ Luisenpark wooden bridge. (No longer available online.) Website of the city of Erfurt, archived from the original on June 11, 2008 ; Retrieved March 17, 2009 .

Web links

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