Rose garden Bern
The rose garden is a park northeast of the old town in the Schosshalde district of Bern .
The gardens are popular with both locals and tourists. It is popular as a vantage point with a good view of the old town, has a restaurant , a large children's playground and a library with a reading garden.
With the bus line 10 in the direction of Ostermundigen (station Rosengarten) the rose garden can be reached in a few minutes from the center. Parking spaces for private transport are hardly available in the vicinity and are mostly overcrowded.
From 1765 until the opening of the Schosshaldenfriedhof in 1877, the area was used as a cemetery . In 1913 it was converted into a public park and from 1917 roses were grown here .
The pond with the two monumental groups Europa and Neptune by Karl Hänny has existed since 1918 . In 1956 the park was redesigned. A bust of Jeremias Gotthelf created by Arnold Huggler in 1937 had to make way for the new summer restaurant in 1960 and was moved in front of the pavilion with the dialect library.
Today 223 rose, 200 iris and 28 rhododendron species grow in the Bern rose garden . In 1997 the Kreuzallee , which dates back to the time of the cemetery, was planted with twelve new linden trees.
Web links
- Pictures of the old town of Bern taken from the rose garden
- Information, pictures, videos and 360 panoramas of the rose garden - Bern Tourismus website
Coordinates: 46 ° 57 ′ 7 " N , 7 ° 27 ′ 37" E ; CH1903: 601648 / 200096