Parks in Krefeld
The Krefeld parks include the avenues and public green spaces, several parks and the Krefeld Stadtwald recreation area near the center of Krefeld.
history
As part of the state horticultural show Euroga 2002 plus, Krefeld redeveloped numerous historical parks, which were returned to their historical form. The Krefeld properties Haus Esters, Haus Lange, Burgpark Linn , Greiffenhorstpark , Landschaftspark and Arboretum Heilmannshof, Schönwasserpark, Sollbrüggenpark, the Krefeld Stadtwald and Schönhausenpark were included in the street of garden art between the Rhine and Maas in 2004/2005 .
Most of the historical parks were used by wealthy textile manufacturers for excursions and picnics, such as those of the silk baron Friedrich Heinrich von Friedrich von der Leyen , mostly equipped with an excursion or hunting lodge or a pavilion to commemorate the founder. Later they were mostly donated to the general public, such as the Sollbrüggen house, now a music school , or the Greiffenhorst house, which is used as an exhibition space. The Krefeld Zoo was also created from such an excursion park, the Grotenburg House today serves as a zoo restaurant and excursion bar.
The Mayor of Krefeld , Johann Johansen, promoted the creation of a Krefeld green belt during his term in office between 1911 and 1930. The two main cemeteries make a contribution to the public green.
Overview
Largest green spaces in Krefeld:
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Individual parks
Here Krefeld parks are listed that do not have their own article (see overview).
Hüls Castle Park
The park at Hüls Castle was laid out by the municipality of Hüls in the late 1950s. The former use as gardens / allotment gardens was abandoned and a children's playground was created. The idea was to create a green connection from the town center to the adjacent Hülser Bruch .
Holthausen's Kull
The system around the water body "Holthausens Kull" is z. Partly designated as a landscape protection area, but also permanent allotments border the Kull.
Kaiser-Friedrich-Hain
The Kaiser-Friedrich-Hain was created from a park by Haus Heyes on Steckendorfer Straße. The city of Krefeld bought the property in 1910 and opened the park of over 2 hectares to the public. The science museum was opened in Haus Heyes in 1911. The Kaiser-Friedrich-Hain takes its name from a small temple in the park, in which a bronze bust of the Hohenzollern Emperor Friedrich III. was set up.
The park was badly damaged during World War II . The natural science museum was completely destroyed and not rebuilt. In place of the museum there is now a children's playground. The small temple, part of the wrought iron fence and the former entrance to Haus Heyes with two gate pillars from 1871 have been preserved.
View of Heyes House from Steckendorfer Strasse around 1916.
Entrance to the Kaiser-Friedrich-Hain in 2007.
Kaiser-Friedrich-Hain around 1916.
Temple in Kaiser-Friedrich-Hain around 1920.
Temple in Kaiser-Friedrich-Hain 2007.
Kaiser Wilhelm Park
The construction of the Kaiser Wilhelm Park was started by the city on the occasion of the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1913. In addition to the district sports facility, a large lawn, surrounded by old trees, is now available for the citizens.
Kaiserpark
The Kaiserpark, an elaborately designed park in the Krefeld district of Bockum , was laid out in the mid-19th century and was originally designed as a botanical garden in honor of the first German Emperor Wilhelm I. Therefore, one also meets exotic plant species here. (Today's Krefeld Botanical Garden is in the Oppum district ).
The Kaiserpark is right next to Krefeld's boulevard, the Wilhelmshofallee. At the end of the 19th century, many wealthy Krefeld families built their villas here.
Schönhausenpark
City garden
graveyard
The city garden was laid out in 1814 as a cemetery at the gates of the city. It has its origins in the first communal cemetery in Krefeld. It has been handed down in a plan by PJ von de Fenn from 1833. The plan shows a square burial site, which was divided into four equally sized grave fields with a strict axilla. The classicist burial chapel and the large entrance gate alone highlight the central axis. The plan shows elaborate gate wings between unplastered posts with pyramidal covers. While maintaining the strict network of paths, the cemetery was expanded several times until it was closed in 1867. Individual monuments and gravestones were integrated into the park and are still preserved today.
Park
The rapidly growing city was approaching the cemetery; funerals were stopped in 1867. On May 1, 1879, the city council approved the conversion of the cemetery into a park. Fountains, the Kurhaus, a music pavilion and elaborate decorative beds were built and connected by curved paths. The old linden alleys of the cemetery have been incorporated into the new use untouched. In the following decades the Kurhaus was demolished, a reading garden was created and then disappeared again, and the old avenues were partially felled. In the 1950s, a children's playground was built on the south side. In line with the taste of the times, the old central axis was dissolved and the former main entrance was planted with bushes.
graveyards
The main cemetery of the city of Krefeld is now an area on Heideckstrasse that is divided into the Jewish cemetery, the old part and the new part. The burial place for the Jewish fellow citizens was laid out in 1723. In 1864 the city acquired the so-called "old part", adjacent to the Jewish cemetery, and expanded it into a cemetery. The cemetery was expanded to include the so-called "New Part" through the purchase of the Whiting Court on March 22, 1889. With a total area of 54 hectares, it is one of the largest cemeteries in Krefeld.
Web links
- Views from the Kaiserpark: first , second , third
- Landscape park and arboretum Heilmannshof
