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Von-Wedelstaedt Park

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Von-Wedelstaedt Park

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Halde Rheinelbe – Mechtenberg Bridge loop from Ückendorf

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2. Westpark Bochum – Von-Wedelstaedt Park loop from Essen-Kray Nord

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3. Zollverein Coking Plant – Mechtenberg Bridge loop from Ückendorf

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Julia

January 27, 2019

"The history of the park is inextricably linked to the urban development of the communities in the Ruhr area towards the end of the 19th century, which made the public park a common phenomenon - and the most important design task of German garden architects." So in 1898 also decided the district founded two years earlier Gelsenkirchen received a loan of 400,000 marks to enable its municipalities to set up people's parks or gardens, and any community that wished to create a Volksgarten could benefit from this fund, the first municipality to use this Volksgarten Fund was Ückendorf, a former farming village, which grew within 25 years to 1875 to a community with 5,000 inhabitants.

In 1898, at the behest of the bailiff of Wedelstaedt land was bought for the community park. It was a five-acre, south-to-north rising plot bounded on two sides by railroad lines. Under the terms of the design competition launched in 1898/99, the future facility was to have the "character of a grove with shady paths, isolated glades, and beautiful views." Built in 1899/1900, the facility unified the principles of the two winning designs by Stadtgärtner Adolf Jensen from Oberhausen and the garden architect Reinhold Hoemann from Dusseldorf.

The main path system and carpet at the main intersection were laid out as Jensen suggested. The round, elevated plateau, overshadowed by plane trees - originally planned as a location for a restaurant, but never built - and the peninsula with shelter, were designed by Hoemann. In 1900, a gardener's house in the style of a Swiss half-timbered house was built inside the park. "

Source: Wolfgang Gaida, Helmut Grothe, 1997: From the Kaisergarten to the Revierpark, Essen

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Julia

January 27, 2019

"Ückendorf was incorporated by Gelsenkirchen in 1903. Gelsenkirchen became the second largest city in Westphalia, and the name Gemeindepark was no longer applicable." Ückendorf Park was renamed to "Südpark" after its location in the new urban area of Gelsenkirchen, and later the Amtmann was honored The foundation stone for a communal open-space policy was laid in his community: The Südpark was named after its pioneer and was called the Von-Wedelstaedt-Park.The Emscher-Rad-Weg on the west side of the park leads to the south adjacent to the park Halde Rheinelbe with the remarkable Himmelstreppe. "The customer review has been automatically translated from German. Source: Wolfgang Gaida, Helmut Grothe, 1997: From the Kaisergarten to the Revierpark, Essen

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

July 25, 2020

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The small forest park in the south of the city

"... In the middle of the south of Gelsenkirchen lies Von-Wedelstaedt-Park. Named after its initiator, the official of Wedelstaedt, it is a historical testimony of Gelsenkirchen's city history. The small forest park is a green oasis in the middle of the city and invites through its curved network of paths for short and long walks. In summer you can linger on the lawns and lawns and, as in all other seasons, watch the water birds in the pond. Younger visitors can let off steam in the children's playground. ... "

gelsenkirchen.de/de/freizeit/ausfluege_und_sehenswuerdigkeits/parks_und_halden/von-wedelstaedt-park.aspx

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Von-Wedelstaedt Park

1. Halde Rheinelbe – Mechtenberg Bridge loop from Ückendorf

2. Westpark Bochum – Von-Wedelstaedt Park loop from Essen-Kray Nord

3. Zollverein Coking Plant – Mechtenberg Bridge loop from Ückendorf

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