Tyrolean pond
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| The Tyrolean pond with trees on the bank in spring. View from the southwest | ||
| Geographical location | Frankfurt am Main , Hessen , Germany | |
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 4 '23 " N , 8 ° 39' 27" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 118 m above sea level NN | |
The Tiroler Weiher is a pond in the Hessian city of Frankfurt am Main . The still water lies south of the river Main in the Frankfurt city forest . The Tiroler Weiher belongs to the Sachsenhausen district and is located near the boundary to Frankfurt-Niederrad to the west . It was artificially created at the end of the 1950s to regulate the water table in the city forest.
location
The Tyrolean pond is located in a landscape and drinking water protection area of the city forest, south of the Oberforsthaus and the festival area of the Frankfurt Forest Festival . The area is located roughly in the middle of the west-east extension of the city forest and, along with it, belongs to the southern section of the Frankfurt green belt . The pond is in the hollow of a hill; the water level is 118 meters above sea level . A western section of the historical border path and today's circular hiking trail Schäfersteinpfad leads along the pond bank .
history
In the first half of the 20th century, the water table in Frankfurt City Forest by continuing withdrawal of was drinking water has fallen so far that the old trees whose roots could not reach the ground water threatened to stall in some places the forest by drought damage. As a countermeasure, the Frankfurter Stadtwerke had repeatedly pumped water from the Main into the elevated trough in the city forest since 1907 to allow it to seep away. In 1959, the Mulde was transformed into a permanent facility as a natural forest pond, the Tyrolean Pond . It also serves the purpose of allowing water taken from the Main, previously cleaned and pumped to the pond to seep away and thus to increase the groundwater level in the city forest. In addition, the pond bank was designed with walking paths and benches as a place for relaxation and nature contemplation.
The name of the Tiroler Weiher refers to a shooting range of the Bavarian Army (in Frankfurt at that time known colloquially as "Tiroler") of the German Confederation that was located at this point in the 19th century . Troops of different origins were stationed at various locations near Frankfurt after the Frankfurt Wachensturm on April 3, 1833 and on the occasion of the barricade fighting of the March Revolution in 1848, in order to be used in unrest against the citizens of the city.
Art at the Tyrolean pond
On the bank of the pond there have been three sculptures by the sculptor Andreas Rohrbach since 2011 , depicting the Frankfurt green armadillo designed by the Frankfurt draftsman and author Robert Gernhardt : A flight of stairs leading to the water is lined with two sandstone sculptures depicting the animal in Tyrolean rifle costume; an allusion to the shooting range of Bavarian troops located there in the 19th century. The third green armadillo figure is gold-plated and sits on the western bank of the pond on a four-meter-high column made of red Main sandstone , which is modeled on a Roman column of Jupiter . All three sculptures are part of the Komische Kunst series in Frankfurt's green belt .
Transport links
The Tyrolean pond can only be reached directly on foot, by bike or on riding horses via unpaved forest paths. The closest public transport stops of the Frankfurt public transport company VgF are the Stadion / Schwimmbad stop on bus route 61 and the Stadion tram stop on route 21 on the Frankfurt tram . There are parking spaces for private motorized traffic on Mörfelder Landstrasse ( Bundesstrasse 43 and 44 ) near the stadium pool . The footpath to the pond is about 250 meters over forest paths from each of these directions. A southern section of the signposted Oberforsthausrundweg circular hiking trail leads directly along the western bank of the pond. An information board on site provides information about the history of the water (station 5 of the circular route).
A contrast to the natural experience of the pond and its surroundings is the fact that, depending on the wind direction, there is an entry or exit lane at Frankfurt Airport in the immediate vicinity of the Tyrolean pond. The resulting aircraft noise can be perceived as a nuisance.
literature
- Magistrate of the City of Frankfurt am Main, Environment Agency (ed.): City waters - lakes, ponds, ponds . In it: Chapter Tyrolean ponds . Frankfurt am Main, 2003
- Environment Agency of the City of Frankfurt am Main (Ed.): GrünGürtel-Freizeitkarte, 7th edition, 2011
- Various authors: Nature on the doorstep - urban nature in Frankfurt am Main. Results of the biotope mapping . Kleine Senckenberg series 50, E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nägele and Obermiller), Stuttgart 2009. ISBN 978-3-510-61393-9
- Various authors: Oberforsthaus-Rundweg in Grüngürtel Park . Leaflet, published by the Environment Agency of the City of Frankfurt am Main and the RheinMain Südwest GmbH Regional Park. 1st edition, Frankfurt am Main / Kelsterbach, June 2009
Web links
- Tiroler Weiher at par.frankfurt.de , the former website of the city of Frankfurt am Main
- The green armadillo at the Tyrolean pond at par.frankfurt.de , the former website of the city of Frankfurt am Main (accessed on April 3, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b City of Frankfurt am Main, Environment Agency (ed.): GrünGürtel-Freizeitkarte, 7th edition, 2011.
- ↑ a b c Environment Office of the City of Frankfurt: Stadtgewässer, p. 26: Tiroler Weiher
- ↑ a b Information column of the Rhine-Main regional park on the banks of the Tyrolean pond
- ↑ a b c Oberforsthaus-Rundweg in Grüngürtel Park . Leaflet published by the Environment Agency of the City of Frankfurt am Main
- ↑ Tiroler Weiher at par.frankfurt.de , the former site of the city of Frankfurt am Main (accessed on 3 April 2012)
- ↑ City of Frankfurt am Main, Department for Environment, Health and Personnel (Ed.): 20 Years of the Green Belt Frankfurt - People, Data and Projects . Frankfurt am Main 2011. Therein: Chapter The City Forest - Much older than the Green Belt, p. 30 ff.
- ↑ The Green Armadillo at the Tiroler Weiher at par.frankfurt.de , the former website of the City of Frankfurt am Main (accessed on February 6, 2016)