Palace garden (Stuttgart)
The Stuttgart Palace Garden is a 600 year old park in Stuttgart . It begins in the city center and follows the earlier course of the Nesenbach, which is now piped, to the Neckar . As part of Stuttgart 21 , major redesigns are planned through the construction work and the subsequent award of part of the current railway systems.
structure
The entire area of the palace gardens is officially divided into three parts, which are separated by streets bridged with pedestrian walkways:
- The Upper Castle Garden extends from the Old and New Castle on Schloßplatz to Schillerstraße, which is bridged by Schillersteg , today's Ferdinand-Leitner-Steg . The Stuttgart State Theater , the Kunsthalle , the Eberhardsgruppe and the House of the State Parliament are centrally located on the Eckensee .
- In the Middle Castle Garden is located Carl-Zeiss-Planetarium , the ruin of the new fancy house , the Schlossgartensee with the café on the lake and a large beer garden as well as the site of the new central station .
- The Untere Schlossgarten (lower grounds) adjoins the mineral baths in Berg near the banks of the Cannstatter Neckar .
At its eastern end - near the Wilhelma zoological and botanical garden - the palace gardens merge directly into Rosensteinpark . Both are part of the Stuttgart “ Green U ”.
history
In 1350, a “Count's garden” was first mentioned directly at the “Stuttgart Castle” ( Old Palace ). In 1469 part of the moat was used as the "Thiergartten". In 1474 the “Count's Garden” was extended by two acres . In the middle of the 16th century, Duke Christoph had a renaissance pleasure garden built with the reconstruction of the old castle , which remained until the 18th century. From 1740 the military academy was built on the edge of the pleasure garden according to the plans of the court architect Johann Christoph David Leger. When construction began on the New Palace in 1746, the former "Lustgarten" was completely built over. On November 18, 1775, the High Charles School was relocated from Solitude Castle to the Military Academy. Around 1800 the construction of the "royal grounds", which were open to the public from the beginning, began, and the palace garden became the "Volksgarten" from then on. In 1807 the “Upper Royal Complexes” (in front of the New Palace) were built according to the plans of Nikolaus Friedrich von Thourets under King Frederick I , and between 1813 and 1817 the “Lower Royal Complexes” were also built according to Thouret's plans. From 1824 to 1840 the Rosensteinpark was laid out under King Wilhelm I. In the 20th century, the two theaters were built on the grounds of the Upper Palace Gardens . From 1908 conversions for the new main station were carried out and in the course of this the middle palace garden was reduced by 8 hectares. In 1961, the Upper Palace Garden was completely rebuilt against resistance from the population because of the Federal Horticultural Show . In 1962 the Hotel am Schlossgarten was built between the train station and the Schlossgarten. Because of the second Federal Garden Show in 1977 , the lower grounds were also redesigned.
On October 1, 2010 - against massive protests by the opponents of Stuttgart 21 , who had been displaced the day before with water cannons and tear gas - trees were felled in the area of the central palace garden. In response, some of the demonstrators ("park guards") occupied the palace garden for the next 17 months or so while camping ; some activists (from Robin Wood ) climbed old trees and built tree houses . On February 15, 2012, this tent village and the tree houses - this time almost without violence - were cleared by the police. Felling or moving of 238 trees began. The construction pit for the underground station has been dug in this area since August 2014 (see also Protest against Stuttgart 21 ).
Garden shows
The federal horticultural shows in 1961 (Upper and Middle Palace Gardens) and 1977 (Middle and Lower Gardens / Schwanenplatz) took place in the Stuttgart Palace Garden . For the International Horticultural Exhibition 1993 (IGA'93) the so-called " Green U " was completed from the palace garden, Rosensteinpark, Leibfriedschem Garten , Wartberg area and Höhenpark Killesberg .
gallery
View of the art gallery
Carl Zeiss Planetarium
The state parliament building
literature
- Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects (ed.): Stuttgart's parks are dying bit by bit. Stuttgart 1980.
- Andrea Berger-Fix, Klaus Merten: The gardens of the dukes of Württemberg in the 18th century. Werner, Worms 1981, ISBN 3-88462-006-1 .
- Rolf-Dieter Blumer, Karsten Preßler: Sweeping across the road. The repair of the Ferdinand Leitner footbridge in Stuttgart . In: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg , 39th year 2010, issue 1, pp. 44–47
- Uwe Bogen (text); Thomas Wagner (photos): Stuttgart. A city changes its face. Sutton, Erfurt 2012, ISBN 978-3-95400-098-2 , pages 84-89.
- Oskar Gerhardt: Stuttgart's gem. The history of the castle garden, Rosenstein and Wilhelma; an entertaining chat based on extensive official source material. Stuttgart [approx. 1936].
- Timo John: The royal gardens of the 19th century in Stuttgart. Wernersche Verlags-GmbH, Worms 2000, ISBN 3-88462-156-4 .
Web links
- History of the palace gardens ( Memento from April 18, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
- Schlossgarten City Panorama - Interactive 360 ° panorama
Individual evidence
- ↑ Timo John: The royal gardens of the 19th century in Stuttgart . Werner, Worms 2000, ISBN 3-88462-156-4 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′ 4 " N , 9 ° 11 ′ 11" E