Rhine-Main Regional Park
The Rhine-Main Regional Park is a network of park-like or near-natural paths and green spaces in the Rhine-Main area . This network, which has been gradually being expanded since 2011, is intended to connect the near-natural green corridors between the settlements in the region and make them accessible to hikers and cyclists for recreational use. Currently, around 550 of the 1000 kilometers of planned regional park routes have been implemented. The regional park circular route with a length of 190 kilometers is currently the longest route section.
expansion
The heart of the regional park is the Frankfurt green belt and the “green ring” around Offenbach . Individual projects within his framework are located in the Frankfurt and Offenbach urban areas as well as in all districts directly adjacent to Frankfurt. The plan is to expand the regional park to a distance of around 1000 kilometers. Then Hessisches Ried , Wetterau , Rheingau and Kinzigtal should be connected to the route network. The first contiguous section is a 27 kilometer long section in a "pilot area" between Hattersheim , Flörsheim and Hochheim . Further routes are located south of the Main between Kelsterbach , Raunheim , Rüsselsheim , Nauheim and the mouth of the Main, in the districts of Bischofsheim and Ginsheim-Gustavsburg , as well as along Hohen Straße in the east of Frankfurt. Newer regional park routes are the Nidda-Opelzoo route and the 190-kilometer circular regional park route , which was inaugurated in September 2011 . In 2012 the Niddaroute and the Ysenburgroute were completed and signposted. In 2014, the Hohe Straße route was continued to Büdingen.
history
Considerations for the creation of a regional park began in 1994 in the administration of the Frankfurt Umlandverband (today Regional Association FrankfurtRheinMain ). Just one year later, he founded the first implementation company (Regional Park RheinMain Pilot non-profit GmbH). The town of Hochheim and the Society for the Recultivation of the Gravel Pit Landscape Weilbach mbH (GRKW) were also involved, and the towns of Flörsheim and Hattersheim as their shareholders. This pilot project was followed by the founding of municipal implementing companies in the participating municipalities that implement the project.
The holding company Regionalpark Ballungsraum RheinMain non-profit GmbH was founded in 2003 to coordinate, manage and raise funds . The shareholders of the supporting company are the state of Hesse , the cities of Wiesbaden , Frankfurt am Main , Offenbach, Hanau , Rüsselsheim am Main and Bad Homburg vor der Höhe as well as the districts of Main-Taunus-Kreis , Hochtaunuskreis , Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis , Wetteraukreis , Main- Kinzig district , Offenbach and Groß-Gerau as well as the regional association FrankfurtRheinMain. The managing director is Kjell Schmidt. The chairman of the supervisory board is Claudia Jäger (CDU), first district member of the Offenbach district. Your deputy is Thomas Will (SPD), district administrator of the Groß-Gerau district. The company's share capital is EUR 187,500. Their office is in Flörsheim-Weilbach .
In 2011 the office of the holding company moved to the regional park portal Weilbacher Kiesgruben . In September 2011 the 190 kilometer long regional park circular route was inaugurated. From then until 2017, the Rundroutenfest was held every year in September , with a changing motto.
concept
The aim of the regional park is to upgrade the Rhine-Main area as a residential area and as a tourist destination. The planners assume that the Rhine-Main agglomeration has a particularly high proportion of undeveloped natural areas compared to other large urban areas in Europe. This fact should be made better usable by the regional park. In addition, the creation of near-natural areas within the framework of the regional park offers the municipalities involved the opportunity to create the legally prescribed compensation for land consumption elsewhere. The participating municipalities take on the financing both directly and through municipal companies that were established to realize the regional park. Other donors are the state of Hesse and Fraport AG . Individual sub-projects also receive money from the EU and sponsors. According to the Regionalpark-GmbH, Fraport has invested around eight million euros from its environmental fund in the regional park since 1997.
The project essentially consists of the regional park routes, which are to be laid out in the entire regional park according to a similar pattern: An existing field path is accompanied on both sides by strips of meadow as well as trees and bushes. At a distance of several hundred meters, either park-like plantings or natural areas should complement the design. In addition, nature reserves, ecologically valuable areas, works of art, viewpoints and historically significant places in the region should be made accessible by the network of trails.
In addition, the regional park umbrella company creates a series of leisure maps for the various routes and regions. The leisure cards can be obtained free of charge in the visitor centers and from the office. The following leisure cards are available:
- Leisure map from Hattersheim via Flörsheim to Hochheim
- Leisure map south of the Main, part 1
- Leisure map south of the Main, part 2
- Leisure map south of the Main, part 3
- Offenbach - Grünring from Main to Main
- Leisure map Hohe Straße with Limes route and Ysenburg route
- Leisure map Niddaroute - From the mouth to the source
- The Green Belt Leisure Card (Ed .: Environment Agency, City of Frankfurt)
- Leisure map circular route
- Around the airport
- Leisure map Taunushang
- Rheingau leisure map
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Regional park circular route on regionalpark-rheinmain.de
- ↑ Regionalparkportal - Events on regionalpark-rheinmain.de, accessed on November 4, 2014
- ↑ Regionalparkportal - order tickets at regionalpark-rheinmain.de, accessed on November 4, 2014
Coordinates: 50 ° 3 ′ 8.3 ″ N , 8 ° 26 ′ 40.6 ″ E