Selikumer Park

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The children's farm belonging to the park in spring

The Selikumer Park is a park in the Selikum district of Neuss west of Reuschenberg Castle . Sights include the Erft, a tree collection, the Neuss children's farm established in 1978 and the Selikum game reserve with a herd of fallow deer .

Arboretum

The tree collection ( arboretum ) was created in 1955 on the initiative of Heinrich de Cleur (1907–1991). Planted include sequoia , ironwood , tulip and handkerchief trees , which were native to the region 60 to 2.4 million years ago. The other trees presented include sweetgum , bald cypress , fan-leaf tree and Chinese redwood .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.kreisheimatbund-neuss.de/upload/dokumente/110527_PM_%20Arboretum.pdf
  2. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20140425003231/http://www.neuss.de/rathaus/aemter-und-dienstleistungen/aemter/67/parkanlagen .

Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 58.7 "  N , 6 ° 41 ′ 47.5"  E