Luther Park (Flensburg)

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Lutherpark sign with the park in Flensburg in spring.
The Lutherhaus at Südergraben 59 above the Luther Park
The town hall and the registry office, Villa Besenbruch in Friesische Strasse , as seen from Luther Park during the crocus bloom in March 2015.

The Lutherpark is a park named after the reformer Martin Luther , which is located in the Friesischer Berg district near downtown Flensburg . At the edge of the park on Südergraben is the Luther House , a cultural monument in the old town of Flensburg . The park itself is embedded between the Südergraben and the Friesische Straße ; opposite is the Villa Besenbruch , the city's registry office , and not far from there is the Flensburg town hall . The slope of the park faces south.

history

The green area belonged to the Christiansen family before 1850. In 1852 a building called Villa Hargens or Hargens House ( Danish : Hargens hus) was built for a judicial council in Südergraben 59 above the green area , which was designed by architect Laurits Albert Winstrup . In 1911 the German committee used the house and in 1916 it came into the possession of the St. Nikolaikirche. A plaque reminds of the purchase by Pastor Heinrich Köhler. In the early 1920s, the Flensburg office of the Schleswig-Holstein Federation was also located in the building in question. The parish renamed the house Lutherhaus in 1920 , which is now a cultural monument of the city.

In 1933, after rigged church elections, the so-called German Christians received a majority in all important church bodies. This Nazi-loyal group appointed the new provost Hasselmann with a ceremony in Flensburg on November 19, 1933, the 450th anniversary of the birthday of the reformer Martin Luther . In the presence of the local representatives of the NSDAP, the national combat groups and the regional bishop Paulsen , a Luther oak was planted on the museum forecourt . At the same time, the event was hyped up as the “second German Reformation”. In the same year, today's area of ​​the Museum Mountain was named after Martin Luther , so that the museum in the Heinrich Sauermann House had the address Lutherplatz 1 for many years . In 1996 the city planned to rename Lutherplatz. Many citizens disagreed and criticized the project, but in 1997 Lutherplatz was renamed Museumberg . In return, after the citizens' protest, the city decided to name the park below the Luther House after Martin Luther and so on Reformation Day 1997 the unnamed green space on the slope below the Luther House was given the name Luther Park in the presence of Mayor Dielewicz and the provostess Gross-Rickern.

Not far from Luther Park, the Flensburg disputation took place on April 8, 1529 in St. Catherine's Monastery , in which Johannes Bugenhagen also took part. During this meeting, which was also attended by the Danish Crown Prince, who later became King Christian III. , and 400 other personalities took part, it was decided to introduce the Reformation in Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein (see also: Sonderburg Castle ).

present

Today's name tag for Luther Park shows the Lutheran symbol of the swan . The paths there meander from below up the slope to the Lutherhaus and there are some park benches along the way. Today the Lutherhaus serves as a parish hall. In the spring of each year, the slope of the park shows itself in a dense crocus bloom , which is similar in Christiansenpark as well as at the old cemetery in Flensburg, and is comparable to the Husum crocus bloom .

A panorama of the Luther Park in Flensburg created with a mobile phone.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Flensburg street names . Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 2005, ISBN 3-925856-50-1 , article: Lutherpark
  2. ↑ Flensburg-Online, Lutherhaus , accessed on: March 16, 2015
  3. ↑ Flensburg street names . Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 2005, ISBN 3-925856-50-1 , article: Lutherpark
  4. ^ Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! , Flensburg 2009, article: Lutherpark
  5. ↑ Flensburg street names . Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 2005, ISBN 3-925856-50-1 , article: Lutherplatz
  6. ↑ Flensburg street names . Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 2005, ISBN 3-925856-50-1 , article: Lutherplatz
  7. ↑ Broder Schwensen, Gerhard Paul and Peter Wulf: Between Consensus and Criticism. Facets of cultural life in Flensburg 1933-1945 , Jarplund-Weding 1999 p. 69 and 73
  8. ↑ Flensburg street names . Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 2005, ISBN 3-925856-50-1 , article: Lutherplatz
  9. ^ Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! , Flensburg 2009, article: Lutherpark
  10. ^ Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! , Flensburg 2009, article: Lutherpark
  11. ^ Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! , Flensburg 2009, article: Lutherpark
  12. ↑ Flensburg street names . Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 2005, ISBN 3-925856-50-1 , article: Krokusblüte

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Coordinates: 54 ° 46 ′ 56.8 ″  N , 9 ° 26 ′ 0.8 ″  E