Roman Park (Winterthur)
The Römerpark is a tennis and park facility in Winterthur . The facility has belonged entirely to the LTC Winterthur tennis club since 2006 and is listed by the federal government as a cultural asset of national importance .
Structure of the plant
The complex, built symmetrically by the north-south axis, is traversed from east to west by a tree-lined avenue, which is bordered at both ends by bronze statues (both female nudes ). One statue was made by Hermann Hubacher , a friend of Oskar Reinhart, and the other by the artist Hermann Haller , who was sponsored by Oskar's father Theodor Reinhart . Since 1988 there has been another bronze statue by Theo Spinnler in the north, on the long side facing the Silk Road . The pavilion-like clubhouse designed by the architects Rittmeyer / Furrer is centrally located . To the right, left and north of the clubhouse there are a total of six sand tennis courts - there is a restaurant in the clubhouse itself. At the southern end of the park, separated from the clubhouse by a parking lot, there is a tool shed that is stylistically based on the construction of the clubhouse.
history
The complex was donated in 1922 by the Winterthur art patron Oskar Reinhart for the Winterthur tennis club LTC Winterthur and built by the architects Rittmeyer / Furrer (club house) and Otto Froebel's heirs (gardens). From 1925 the system was used by LTC Winterthur for hospitality purposes.
In 1966, after the death of Oskar Reinhart, the tennis facility was donated to the Volkart Foundation. The system was given this under the condition that it be made available to the tennis club and was able to take over the operation of the system. However, this was not too profitable, as the tennis facility was only used in summer, so there were several considerations for year-round use of the facility. However, since they did not want to destroy the park-like character of the complex, this turned out to be difficult. It was not until 1988 that an independent fitness center (which today employs around 50 people) and two underground tennis courts were built under the clubhouse at the initiative of the foundation's president, Andreas Reinhart , in order to enable year-round operation of the facility, which had previously only been used in the summer months.
In 1997 the LTC Winterthur took over a third of the park and in 2006 the club also bought the remaining two thirds of the park from the Volkart Foundation and thus became the sole owner of the Römerpark. In 2008 the restaurant in the clubhouse was taken over by the city of Winterthur.
Web links
- Römerpark, Clubhouse Tennisclub Winterthur in the Winterthur Glossary.
- Website of the tennis club LTC Winterthur
Coordinates: 47 ° 29 '56.4 " N , 8 ° 44' 25.5" E ; CH1903: 698,084 / 261 730