School garden (Kronberg im Taunus)
The school garden in Kronberg im Taunus is a park .
history
The school garden was laid out in 1890 at the same time as the school was built on Heinrich-Winter-Straße. After the school was demolished in 2004, the redesign of the facility began. In the southern part, the Berliner Platz was rebuilt . In the northern part, the school garden was rebuilt according to its original design by 2006.
Worth seeing
The center of the park is a round ornamental fountain. The southern boundary of the park forms an arcade. The unmistakable 28 meter high sequoia tree in the school garden is a protected natural monument and is located between the fountain and arcades.
The cast iron sculpture “Atalante and Hippomenes” was set up on the edge of the facility facing Frankfurter Strasse. The work of art from the end of the 19th century was originally located in the park of the former Villa de Ridder and was acquired by the art collector August de Ridder . In 1976 it was installed in the then newly designed Rathausgarten and in 2006 it was moved to the school garden.
The Rostropovich monument is located on the northern edge of the park. It is reminiscent of the musician Mstislaw Leopoldowitsch Rostropowitsch .
On the edge of the park is under monument protection standing statue of the kingdom knight Hartmut XII. from Kronberg .
Rostropovich Monument
The race of the Atalante and Hippomenes
School garden, from the statue of the Reich Knight Hartmut XII. from Kronberg
Fountain
Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′ 45.3 " N , 8 ° 30 ′ 38.3" E
