Lütgendortmund Volksgarten

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One of the avenues in the Lütgendortmund Volksgarten

The Lütgendortmund Volksgarten is a wooded park in the Lütgendortmund district of Dortmund .

history

The Volksgarten Lütgendortmund came into being in the second half of the 19th century and in the popular garden movement that was emerging in Europe .

prehistory

In 1885 citizens demanded a site for a Volksgarten in the Dortmund area as a counterpart to the massive industrialization of nature. On the initiative of the Lütgendortmund bailiff Westermann, a 1.5 hectare property was acquired in 1898, but it was by no means sufficient.

The Volksgarten project

In 1904 the idea of ​​laying out the Volksgarten was revived, and the community representatives spoke out in favor of creating what is now a 6.5 hectare Volksgarten. Since the financing did not seem sufficiently secured, the Harpener Bergbau AG was asked for financial help. Finally, in 1906, the district administrator of the municipality of Lütgendortmund voted for the establishment of the public park. A Volksgarten administrative commission was formed and the project by landscape architect Martin Peters won the tender. At the same time, the planning of a festival hall for the Volksgarten also met with approval. From 1907 to 1910 the Volksgarten was laid out in several construction phases, and it was opened in 1911.

see also: Volksgarten Mengede

literature

  • Hermann Josef Bausch: The Volksgarten in Lütgendortmund. On the history of the development of public green spaces and recreational facilities in industrial rural communities in the Ruhr area. In: Contributions to the history of Dortmund and the county of Mark, Vol. 83/84, Dortmund 1993, pp. 193–241.
  • Hermann Josef Bausch: Opportunities to enjoy nature, to innocent recreation, to bring the various classes closer together and to alleviate the class struggle ... On the emergence of the public gardens in the Dortmund district. In: Renate Kastorff-Viehmann (Hrsg.): The green city. Settlements, parks, forests, green areas 1860–1960 in the Ruhr area. Essen 1998, pp. 149-173.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 23 "  N , 7 ° 19 ′ 55"  E