Schlösslepark

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The Kressbronn Schlösslepark ; on the right the Zen garden , behind it the countryside

The Schlösslepark is a green area in the center of the Baden-Württemberg community of Kressbronn on Lake Constance in the Lake Constance district in Germany .

location

To the south of the Friedrichshafen – Lindau railway line , between Seestrasse in the east, the Park School Education Center in the west, Parkweg in the south and Maîcher Strasse - named after the French twin town of Kressbronns - in the north lies the approximately 2.8 hectare large Schlösslepark in a small valley basin .

history

In July 1863, Baron Hans von und zu Aufseß (1801–1872), archaeologist and founder of the Germanic Museum (now the Germanic National Museum ) in Nuremberg , acquired the property. He laid out the large park for rest, reading and walking. The overseas merchant Karl Heisler from Freiburg im Breisgau came into possession of the property in April 1896. The garden lover wanted his park to be even more beautiful than the grounds on the island of Mainau . Among other things, he had the ginkgos that are still standing today planted, ponds and statues.

The park

Arboretum

There is evidence that around 180 rare, sometimes exotic trees were planted in the Schlösslepark from 1896 onwards. On the occasion of Kressbronn's candidacy for the Entente Florale Germany competition in 2009, the term arboretum ( Latin arbor "tree") came up in Kressbronn. This arboretum, unique in the Lake Constance region, is a collection of different types of woody plants growing outdoors .

At the same time, the trees were marked with uniform wooden boards. Each board gives the German and Latin names as well as the original area of ​​origin. The numbers in [] correspond to the specified location on the site plan.

Arboretum
Identification of the silver maple
Native trees
  • Sycamore maple ( Acer pseudoplatanus ); Europe [20]
  • English oak ( Quercus robur called), and summer oak or German oak; Europe / North Africa [11]
  • European yew ( Taxus baccata ), also known as the common yew; Europe, West Asia, North Africa [16]
  • European larch ( Larix decidua ); Alpine region; Tree of the year in Austria (2002) and in Germany (2012) [28]
  • Field maple ( Acer campestre ), also called Maßholder; Europe, West Asia, North Africa [19]
  • Common ash ( Fraxinus excelsior ), also called common ash or tall ash; Europe [15]
  • Norway spruce ( Picea abies ), also known as red spruce or red spruce; Europe, West Asia [17]
  • Common horse chestnut ( Aesculus hippocastanum ), also called common horse chestnut or white horse chestnut; Balkan Peninsula; Tree of the year 2005 in Germany and medicinal plant of the year 2008 [18]
  • Common boxwood ( Buxus sempervirens ); Central to Southern Europe, Western Asia, North Africa [4]
  • Hanging beech ( Fagus sylvatica f. Pendula ), also called weeping beech; Central Europe [34]
  • Common beech ( Fagus sylvatica ); Europe [1]
  • Black alder ( Alnus glutinosa ); Europe [27]
  • Serbian spruce ( Picea omorika ), also called Omorika spruce; Border area between Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina [29]
  • Norway maple ( Acer platanoides called), also Spitzblättriger maple; Europe [14] [21]
  • Silver fir ( Abies alba ); Central and Southern Europe [8]
  • Winter linden or stone linden ( Tilia cordata ); European low mountain range [22]
Exotic trees

Zen garden

The zen garden ( Kare-san-sui , Japanese枯 山水, dry landscape ) was also laid out by students from the park school to participate in the national Entente Florale competition . It is intended to underline the exoticism of the Schlösslepark.

Kressbach

Contained source of the Kressbach

The Kressbach (originally “Krebsbach”), whose source has been captured since 1895, rises below the Schlössle. A marble plaque on the fountain bears the inscription “Gardens, spring connection and waterworks built Anno MDCCCXCV Dr. Ch. Don Haeusler de la Burgstall ”. Its constantly 8 ° C cool water feeds the Kneipp basin and the adjacent pond. The treading water , even Kneipp called, is a method of treatment of hydrotherapy , on the basis of Sebastian Kneipp is applied.

building

Schlössle

The Schlössle

The first property is mentioned in 1829. His owner Anton Stohr sold the house with barn, stables and land to von Aufseß, who had it expanded into a one-story house. In 1875 the lawyer Otto Bohlmann came into possession. After demolishing the house, he built today's villa with a tower on the same site. At the beginning of 1896 Karl Heisler bought the "Villa with tower in mixed construction, bricked with slate roof". Over the years the owners changed several times before the villa passed into the ownership of the municipality in January 1934. In the following years the villa served the NSDAP as a Gauführerschule and the French occupying power as a commandant, then as a homeless shelter, workshop and school. In the last decades of the 20th century the community library, the tourist office and the notary's office were housed in the Schlössle. The Kressbronn family meeting place has been on the upper floor since December 2006 . The community of Kressbronn has created a family-friendly meeting place here in cooperation with the youth welfare office of the Lake Constance district. The rooms on the ground floor house the permanent exhibition, Historical Ship Models .

Owner / user of the property

  • Knight Sigifridus de Kressenbrunnen; around 1230
  • Farmer Anton Stohr; until 1863
  • Baron Hans von und zu Aufseß; 1863 to 1872
  • Factory owner Gustav Siegle, Stuttgart;
  • Baron Georg von Seidlitz; until 1875
  • Lawyer Dr. Otto Bohlmann; 1875 to 1890
  • Leonhard Eckert, Wasserburg; 1890 to 1896
  • Overseas merchant Karl Heisler, Freiburg; 1896 to 1917
  • Boneck family; 1917 to 1934
    • Sale of the Friedrichshof economy to Paul Müller, Hemigkofen
  • Nonnenbach community; 1934
  • NSDAP; until 1945
  • French occupying power; 1945 to?
  • Kressbronn municipality; til today

museum

Ivan Trtanjs model: Le Canot

During the summer months, visitors can see floating works of art by local boat builder and artist Ivan Trtanj in the renovated rooms on the ground floor . In over thirty years, Trtanj has created magnificent ships of the 18th century that are true to the original and detailed . Fifteen ship models in the exhibition were painstakingly crafted according to original plans, some of which come from European museums and archives. Pleasure ships and barques of the European royal houses from the Baroque and Rococo are among the artist's favorite models. In addition to the legendary Bounty , models of the Lake Constance cargo ship Segner and the Schebecke, a three-masted sailor from the Mediterranean region, are among the ship models. All models offer an insight into the life of the ship's crew and the nobles of those times who were carried on them.

Curiosity

The cast-iron lamp post in front of the staircase of the castle is a former border post of the royal Bavarian / royal Württemberg border. It stood at the level of today's border path on the road to Nonnenhorn . A Württemberg deer antler and a Bavarian lion point to its past.

Lands

First a horse stable, used as a hospital during the war, then a youth hostel, later an apartment for foreign families and non-residents. The land built by Freiherr von und zu Aufseß was used many times, today it is used exclusively for art and culture: A gallery serves the "different forms of expression of contemporary art", the museum shows works by the sculptor and medalist Hilde Broër , the photographer Marta Hoepffner , the painters Leo Schobinger and Otto Valentin, as well as the sculptor Berthold Müller-Oerlinghausen , and a café with a terrace offers space to relax and enjoy. Conversations, readings, theater performances and concerts take place inside the café.

The area is supported by the art working group of the Kressbronn cultural community, committed citizens who are responsible for the exhibitions.

Concert pavilion

The concert pavilion , built in 1977, is open to around 200 audience seats. The back wall and the roof of the rotatable, wooden structure, which is curved by seven whip-shaped laminated truss supports, merge into one another; as a result, the sound hitting there is reflected in the direction of the audience, which leads to better room acoustics  - a balanced proportion of direct sound and reflections. In the concert pavilion with a diameter of 11 meters and a height of 8.5 meters, orchestras and events of the trade and industry association take place regularly.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Robert M. Bachmann: Kneipp - more than pouring and treading water. In: Naturheilmagazin. AltaMediNet GmbH, accessed on November 21, 2013 .
  2. ^ Ernst Näher: The Kressbronner Schlössle was 100 years old. In: Kressbronner Jahrbuch 1996/1997 (Volume 10), pp. 77-80.
  3. ^ Wilfried Walter: 25 years Konzertmuschel in Kressbronn. In: Kressbronner Jahrbuch 2002 (Volume 15), p. 78.

Coordinates: 47 ° 35 ′ 29.2 "  N , 9 ° 35 ′ 55.7"  E