Sister park
The sister park is a public park in Witten .
construction
14 small landscapes should reflect the botanical range of Germany . The park was intended to give the deaconesses of the neighboring Evangelical Hospital recruited from all over Germany relaxation and a piece of home. Skilful landscape planning resulted in numerous areas, some of which were meditative , on an area the size of only about four football fields . The landscape themes are: autumn meadow, spring valley, spring basin, pine height, azalea valley, lilac path, playground, alpine rose valley, oak forest, Heidetal, Veilchental, marguerite meadow, east forest and fruit blossom decorations. An artificially created stream runs through the park and ends in a pond.
style
The park is reminiscent of an English landscape garden , but does not belong to this style. In particular, the extremely dense sequence of experience spaces makes it unique that cannot be assigned to any style.
history
The park was built between 1906 and 1915 by the students of the neighboring school on a former slag dump, based on the designs and under the direction of the Rector of the Witten Field School Adolf Schluckebier (1860–1951) . The facility is thus one of the oldest deliberately planned renaturation projects in the region. A major storm in 1912 caused great damage and uprooted the oldest trees. During the Second World War , especially in 1944/45, large parts of the park were destroyed. From 1960 to 1980 a gardener took care of the park, where bomb damage was still to be repaired. Between 1980 and 1985 only the most important maintenance work was carried out. In 1985 the city leased the park for 30 years and opened it to the public in 1987. Until 1989 the park was recultivated according to the original plans.
Opening times and location
The park is open to the public during the day. Access is via a footpath at the end of the parking lot of the Protestant hospital, behind the nurses cemetery, which is also part of the hospital.
literature
- City of Witten (ed.): The sister park . 2nd Edition. City of Witten, Witten 1994.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 26 '50 " N , 7 ° 20' 32.8" E