Weather mushroom
A weather mushroom (also called weather protection mushroom or resting mushroom ) is a shelter that is open to the outside, alone and free-standing anchored in the ground , with a single, centrally located supporting column or a group of columns on which a circular ceiling rests. It is named after its function (as a shelter against precipitation and solar radiation ) and its appearance, which is reminiscent of the fruiting body of a mushroom . Usually the supporting pillar is surrounded by a seat in the form of a bench . The weather mushroom can be found in wood as well as made of steel or concrete .
The first weather mushrooms were probably erected in Prussia in the 19th century, but at that time they were still called the Tahitian canopy . A pencil drawing by Hermann Ziebland has survived from 1880 , which shows a weather mushroom that is said to date from 1795. This can be considered the first reliable proof of such a design. The joke fountain umbrella in the park of the Russian Peterhof Palace , however, also dates from this time and is to be regarded as a weather mushroom because of its design, although it was built for a different purpose. Most of the weather mushrooms that exist in Germany today were erected between 1960 and 1980. The architectural style varies considerably from region to region, as different green space and building construction authorities were responsible.
A weather mushroom with a modified function, the Kjærlighetskarusellen in Oslo (2011)
The so-called Svampen on the Stockholm Stureplan
Joke fountain umbrella at the Russian Peterhof
In the Cologne city forest (Lindenthal animal park)
Postcard from Seusslitz from 1901
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christina Rietz: Not suitable for consumption - Die Zeit No. 30, July 18, 2013, p. 57
- ↑ Like Alice in Wonderland ( memento from October 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Kölner Wochenspiegel from October 10, 2012
