Thiele's garden

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Art in Thiele's garden: female nude, photo: 2006

Thieles Garten is a small, 20,000 m² park in the Bremerhaven district of Leherheide . The ensemble includes exotic and local trees, several ponds, numerous sculptures, a moor cottage and a house in the Moorish style . Originally the complex was a private sculpture garden of the Thiele family of artists. Thiele's garden is registered in the state monuments list of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.

history

Oil painting: Grete Itzen, painted by her future husband Georg Thiele, 1925
  • 1923 - The brothers Gustav and Georg Thiele bought the property. At the time Leherheide was a sparsely populated moor and heather area. Gustav (1877–1968), a trained violinist, trained himself as a sculptor. His brother Georg (1886–1968), who worked as a photographer, was a passionate painter in his spare time.
  • 1929 - Georg Thiele married the painter Grete Itzen (1905–1990), who was the model for many of the sculptures in the park.
  • from 1925 - The brothers began to create a fantasy landscape from what was then 6000 m². Numerous sculptures and fountains were made with the help of concrete and construction wire. The house was built by Thieles in the Moorish style, as a studio and guest house they built a moor cottage next to it. Thanks to plantings that stretched over 40 years, the park now has a variety of exotic and native plants. The facility was originally used privately. Only later was the park - now expanded to 19,000 m² - made accessible to the public.
  • 1971 - After the death of the two brothers, Grete Thiele was forced to close the park. The complex became increasingly neglected, much was destroyed or stolen.
  • 1985 - The city of Bremerhaven bought the property and renovated the facilities and sculptures.
  • 1987 - The Friends of Thieles Garten e. V. was founded.
  • 1990 - The garden was reopened. From now on it also became a cultural venue for concerts, readings and exhibitions.

Gallery of Sculptures

  • Wrestler in front of the Moorish house
    Photo: 2006

  • The Schrat
    Photo: 2006

  • Leapfrog
    Photo: 2006

  • Dancers - not yet completely restored
    Photo: 2006

  • Birth of Venus
    Photo: 2006

  • Neckfigur
    Photo: 2006

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literature

  • Ralf Masorat: "Thiele's Garden". Bremerhaven's unique cultural oasis . In: Jeschke-Kelling Strategy & Marketing GmbH (Ed.): Laufpass . No. 6 . Self-published, Bremerhaven November 2005, p. 19 ( digital version [PDF; 6.1 MB ; accessed on October 12, 2019]).

Web links

Commons : Thieles Garten  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Monument database of the LfD

Coordinates: 53 ° 35 ′ 28.9 ″  N , 8 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  E