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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Bergisches Land

Villa von der Heydt, Königshöhe

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Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Bergisches Land

Villa von der Heydt, Königshöhe

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Villa von der Heydt, Königshöhe

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    Location: Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    1. The Green Zoo Wuppertal – Arboretum Burgholz loop from Zoo/Stadion

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    2. Café Restaurant Königshöhe – View of Western Wuppertal loop from Küllenhahn

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    3. Samba-Trasse – Von-der-Heydt Tower loop from Wuppertal Zoologischer Garten

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    September 13, 2017

    At king height:
    Live like in a fairy tale ...

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      August 19, 2018

      Former summer residence of the von der Heydt family

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        August 9, 2020

        Wonderful view

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          April 20, 2022

          Here you can find some villas

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            February 12, 2023

            Found on the website of the UFH NRW UnternehmerFrauen im Handwerk:

            Guided tour of the Königshöhe
            October 2018
            In glorious weather, we let Antonia Dinnebier guide us over the beautiful Königshöhe in Wuppertal, the summer residence of the well-known Wuppertal banker von der Heydt family. We not only learned the history of the richly branched family and their patronage of the artists whose pictures hang in the Wuppertal Museum, but also that today's forest was reforested (Selma-Schonung, an engagement or wedding present from Eduard von der Heydt to his wife Selma) owes to this family. Because originally the Königshöhe was an agricultural area without trees, with only one farm and one restaurant.

            Many memorial stones that mark the paths and viewpoints along the visual axes can still be found today, unfortunately often not in their original place but somewhere in the forest, partly sunken in layers of leaves and forest floor. Names of artists and family members were carved in stone and preserved as a memento for posterity.

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              Location: Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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