Rose garden of the city of Cologne
The rose garden of the city of Cologne is located on the area of the former Fort X of the inner fortress ring on Neusser Wall in Cologne's Neustadt-Nord district . The plans for the construction of the symmetrical rose garden on the outer wall of the defensive system came from the municipal gardening director Fritz Encke . Since June 19, 2008, the rose garden of the city of Cologne has been part of the Hilde-Domin -Park.
history
Fort X was built between 1819 and 1825 to reinforce Cologne's medieval city wall . The city wall was torn down in 1881, and the fortifications were partially razed or gradually reused in the following years. After this construction work was interrupted in the First World War, the reconstruction of Fort X began in 1919 according to plans by Fritz Encke, who had submitted the plans in 1914. On July 3, 1919, the Cologne City Council finally approved Encke's renovation plans, thereby preventing the fort from being demolished and providing 37,500 marks for the project. The basic structure of the fort was integrated into Encke's planning. The outer moat of the fort was also planted with trees. By 1925 the facility was redesigned and the rose garden was laid out.
Encke created access to the rose garden via the two ramps in the Enveloppengraben. The centrally located Facenwall area above the casemates was leveled and the rose beds laid out. A pergola-like rose pavilion was built on the raised northern front tip, which can be reached via a few steps. Several rows of plane trees were planted on the also higher, angled flank wall areas and numerous seating options were added. The trees in the glacis planted form a natural framework for the newly created gardens, which, together with the garden at Fort I, were among the first modern gardens in Cologne.
In 1930 the office of the municipal garden district was set up in the Reduit ; the town gardener also moved into an official apartment here. During the Second World War , the fort was hit by several bombs and the rose garden was partially devastated. After the war, the garden was restored and modern roses were planted.
On June 19, 2008, the entire park around Fort X, including the rose garden, was renamed Hilde-Domin-Park. The poet Hilde Domin was born in 1909 near the park, at Riehler Str. 23, and had to emigrate during the National Socialist era .
“It is no coincidence that a rose garden in Cologne, not far from the house where she was born, will bear the name Hilde-Domin-Park, as the poet especially loved this flower as the epitome of beauty. This rose garden with her name can be a 'reminder' to remember the poet and her work. Even in old age, Hilde Domin still felt like Cologne. I am pleased that your name will always have a special place in the cityscape of Cologne in the future. "
The rose garden in need of care was reconstructed in 2012 and 2013 with the support of the Kölner Grün Foundation and private sponsors. The centerpiece was the repair of the pergola-like pavilion and the adjacent wall. Access to the rose garden is only through the Enveloppen Thor of the fortress, which is only open during the day. Fort X and the gardens designed by Encke are under monument protection .
Rose varieties
The rose garden includes a collection of over 70 types of roses, especially those by Reimer Kordes and W. Kordes' sons . Modern roses, floribunda roses and tea hybrids are predominantly shown today . a .:
- 'Aachen Cathedral' (hybrid tea)
- 'Alabaster' (floribunda rose)
- 'Ave Maria' (hybrid tea)
- 'Bella White' (Floribunda Rose)
- 'Blue River' (hybrid tea)
- ' Double Delight ' (Hybrid Tea)
- ' Fragrance Cloud ' (Hybrid Tea)
- ' Eden 85 ' (shrub rose)
- 'Goldmarie' (Floribunda rose)
- 'Countess Sonja' (hybrid tea)
- 'Handel' (floribunda rose)
- 'Hamburger Dern' (hybrid tea)
- 'Harmony' (hybrid tea)
- 'Lavaglut' (Floribunda rose)
- 'Peter Frankenfeld' (hybrid tea)
- 'Rugelda' (hybrid tea)
- 'Speelwork' (hybrid tea)
- 'Trier 2000' (Floribunda rose)
- 'Ulmer Münster' (shrub rose)
Rosa 'Eden 85'
Rosa 'Ave Maria'
Rosa 'Bella Weiss'
Rosa 'Rose Professor Sieber'
Rosa 'Goldmarie'
Rosa 'Speelwork'
Rosa 'Aachen Cathedral'
Trivia
The secluded garden in Fort X was the template for literary works, including a. for a scene in Heinrich Böll's group picture with a lady . The Cologne crime thriller Fort X - Murder in the Rose Garden by Mike Schwarz was also modeled on the backdrop of the gardens.
literature
- René Zey: Parks in Cologne. A guide through the green spaces . Greven-Verlag, Cologne 1993, ISBN 3-7743-0273-1 .
- Henriette Meyen (ed.): Fortress city Cologne. The bulwark in the west. emons, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-89705-780-7 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Sievert: Fort X. Retrieved May 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Henriette Meyen, Martin Turck: "And new things grow out of the ruins" - "Green forts" and converted fortress grounds . In: Henriette Meyen (Ed.): Fortress City Cologne. The bulwark in the west . emons, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-89705-780-7 , p. 472 .
- ↑ Werner Adams, Joachim Bauer (Hrsg.): Cologne: From the Botanical Garden to the City Green 200 Years of Cologne Green Plants (= city traces, monuments in Cologne . Volume 30 ). JP Bachem, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-7616-1460-8 , pp. 128 ff .
- ↑ stadt-koeln.de: A rose as a support , accessed on May 27, 2017.
- ↑ Bernd Schöneck: Fort X: Romance for everyone in the rose garden . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . ( ksta.de [accessed on May 28, 2017]).
- ↑ Hiltrud Kier with the help of Ulrich Krings: Monument Directory Cologne . 12.2 Cologne Neustadt. JP Bachem, Cologne 1983, ISBN 3-7616-0699-0 , p. 152 .
- ↑ Bernd Schöneck: Fort X: Romance for everyone in the rose garden . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . ( ksta.de [accessed on May 27, 2017]).
- ↑ Katharina Hamacher: Hilde-Domin-Park: Where "Ave Maria" and "Countess Sonja" bloom . In: Kölnische Rundschau . ( rundschau-online.de [accessed on May 27, 2017]).
Web links
- Fort X on Neusser Wall is rotting away. In: Cologne local time. June 26, 2017.
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 27.8 " N , 6 ° 57 ′ 41.6" E