Martin-Luther-King-Park (Frankfurt am Main)

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Martin Luther King Park
Pond in the middle of the park
Pond
Close to the entrance area Praunheimer Weg

The Martin-Luther-King-Park is a green area in the city of Frankfurt am Main in the German state of Hesse . The park, which was laid out from 1969 to 1971, is named after the American civil rights activist and Nobel Prize winner Martin Luther King, who was murdered in 1968 . The green area is north of the Frankfurt-Nordweststadt settlement in the Niederursel district .

History and design of the park

Beginning in 1969, the Martin Luther King Park was laid out by US soldiers stationed in Frankfurt. According to a report in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from 2004, this happened because the city lacked the financial means to set up the park. It was also the GIs who dedicated the park to the civil rights activist who had been murdered the year before. In 2001 a memorial plaque for Martin Luther King was placed in the park.

In 1971 an approximately 4,800 m² large, natural pond was created in the clay pit of a brickworks formerly located there . The still water, which is between 50 and 80 cm shallow, is fed by groundwater . A reed belt and willow trees ( Salix ) stand on its bank . Other facilities in the park include an adventure playground , streetball and basketball field, football field, sunbathing lawn, walking paths and a dog meadow.

An open-air festival has been held every two years in the Martin Luther King Park since 1996 , organized by the Netzwerk Nordweststadt e. V. and the Diakonie Frankfurt is organized.

Transport links

The Martin-Luther-King-Park can be reached with the bus lines 71 to 73 of the Frankfurter Verkehrsgesellschaft VgF , the nearest stops are Praunheimer Weg Mitte and Eduard-Bernstein-Weg . There are parking spaces in the surrounding streets for motorized private transport. Access to the park is barrier-free .

literature

  • Sonja Thelen: Green Frankfurt. A guide to more than 70 parks and facilities in the city. B3 Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007. ISBN 978-3-938783-19-1 . Therein: Chapter Martin-Luther-King-Park, p. 81
  • City of Frankfurt am Main, Environment Agency (Ed.): City waters - discover lakes, ponds, ponds . Frankfurt am Main 2003. Therein: Chapter Martin-Luther-King-Park, p. 36
  • City of Frankfurt am Main, Environment Agency (ed.): Green belt leisure map . 7th edition, 2011

Web links

Commons : Martin-Luther-King-Park (Frankfurt am Main)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 45 ″  N , 8 ° 37 ′ 25 ″  E

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Thelen: Green Frankfurt, p. 81
  2. ↑ Martin-Luther-King-Park at par.frankfurt.de , the former website of the city of Frankfurt am Main
  3. ↑ The open-air festival in Martin-Luther-King-Park must not die ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Article from 2012 on the website frankfurt-evangelisch.de (accessed October 4, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.frankfurt-evangelisch.de
  4. ^ Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV): General route plan Frankfurt am Main 2012
  5. ^ City of Frankfurt am Main, Environment Agency: Stadtgewässer, p. 36