Castle pond Chemnitz

A nice place for young and old 🦊🙏

The music pavilion on the castle pond island was designed in 1954 by the architect Rudolf Weiser and was used as a successful venue for cabaret and concerts in the following years. Unfortunately, hardly any events take place there anymore and all the facilities and sculptures look rather dilapidated. Pokémon GO Stops / Ingress Portals

The Chemnitz Castle Pond was created in 1493 as a fish pond for the Benedictine monastery. From its banks there is an interesting view of the castle church from the 15th century, the predecessor of which dates back to the 12th century. sps.kirchechemnitz.de/die-schlosskirche.html In contrast to this, about 1 km behind it you can see the over 300 meter high chimney of the Nord heating plant from the 1980s, which is the tallest building in Saxony. As part of an art project by the French painter Daniel Buren, the chimney was given a colorful coat of paint consisting of seven color sections by October 8, 2013. ColorRAL colortraffic yellowRAL 1023signal violetRAL 4008melon yellowRAL 1028sky blueRAL 5015leaf greenRAL 6002strawberry redRAL 3018aquamarine According to the operator, the chimney is already the highest work of art in the world
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de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heizkraftwerk_Chemnitz-Nord