Flottmann Sculpture Park

The sculpture park behind the Flottmann halls is around 12 hectares in size. There are 13 sculptures on this area. Each sculpture has been created by a different artist.In 2004 the park was opened with the first sculptures.A wrought-iron Art Nouveau gate by Karl Weinhold is located next to the Flottmann Halls. At that time it was bought by Heinrich Flottmann for the factory premises. In 1977 the gate of the city of Herne was donated. After the restoration, the gate was rebuilt on the railing of the Flottmann-Hallen in 2010.
Please enter the following address if you are arriving by GPS:
Hammer Drill Street 13
44625 Herne
Geodata: 51.522272, 7.223924 (copy and paste on Google Maps)
The Flottmann halls were planned and built in 1908 as a production facility for the Flottmann works. The design in reform architecture influenced by Art Nouveau came from the Dortmund architects Georg Schmidtmann and Julius Klemp. Up to 1,000 people worked day and night shifts here.The site was shut down in 1983. Most of the factory buildings were demolished, only the exhibition and dispatch hall, forge and locksmith's shop remained. The existing facilities were placed under monument protection and thus saved from demolition.In the summer of 1985, the city of Herne decided to use the monument as a public culture and event center in the future. In October 1986 the halls were opened to the public as a cultural center. Between 1997 and 2000, over 70 episodes of the WDR talk show Wednesdays with… were produced there every 14 days. [1]The Herner Flottmann-Hallen are today, among other things, a venue for the RuhrTriennale.

13 sculptures can be viewed on the 12-hectare site.

Small park with a few eye-catchers.