Luisenpark
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The Luisenpark (named after the Grand Duchess Luise von Baden, daughter of emperor Wilhelm I) is beside the Herzogenriedpark and the palace garden and is one of the large parks of the city of Mannheim built between 1892 to 1903. It is located next to theNeckar River and is divided into the lower and upper Luisenpark and the running meadow.
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[edit] History
The basis for the Luisenpark was the legacy of the scientist professor Dr. Carl William Casimir Fox, who bequeathed 20,000 Deutsche Marks in his will to the city of Mannheim for the making of a new park . This amount was not sufficient for total financing, but formed a basic start. At the end of 1892 construction work laid according to the plans of the Siesmayer brothers,Frankfurtlandscape gardeners.
Conditions for the ascent of the Luisenparks for supraregional meaning was the resolution of the Mannheimer of local council from November 18 1969 to accomplish the Bundesgartenschau 1975 to develop the Luisenpark as well as the Herzogenriedpark. In addition, the park was extended to a size of 41 [[hectares] by the inclusion of a former racecourse.
The sales of 186,000 season tickets, which was not even reached by all federal horticultural shows, the number of 8.1 million visitors, and the removal of the Luisenpark fence, convinced the city council to operate the Luisenpark as city park with entrance fee. However, on October 21, 1975, the decision for a closed Luisenpark with entrance fee fell. It was agreed to have two probationary years (Probejahre) of free entrance, but over 38,000 maps sold yearly demonstrated a convincing argument to maintain the free entrance to the park. This number of season tickets was not .
[edit] Name
The Luisenpark is named after princess Luise Marie Elizabeth of Prussia, a close relative of three German emperors: William I was her father, Frederick III was her brother and William II was her nephew.
On September 26th, 1856, when she was eighteen-years old, she married the Prince Regent, later Grand Duke of Baden, Frederick I. She carried out crucial pioneering work for the Wohlfahrtspflege in Baden. As an eighty-year old, she, along with her daughter, Queen Victoria of Sweden, had to flee through a window from marauding soldiers attempting to take the castle in Karlsruhe.
[edit] Attractions
-Kutzerweiher- The Kutzerweiher, a lake with 40,000 square meters surface area, takes the shape of side-channel (slough) of the (old) Neckar river. Gondolettas, boats pulled by an underwater rope, follow a 1,840 meter long looped course around the lake.
[edit] Sea-stage
The open air sea-stage with approximately 1,000 seats has offered since 2006 a place for concerts, operas, musical shows and plays.
[edit] Chinese tea house
The Chinese tea house (多景园 Duojingyuan = garden of the many opinions) was built in co-operation with Mannheim's Chinese twin city Zhenjiang (province Jiangsu), the Klaus Tschira charitable trust in Heidelberg, and the East Asia Institute (Ostasieninstitut) Ludwigshafen. The donation of 1,77 million Deutsche Mark (DM) from the estate of Diplom-Kaufmann George, provided the financial foundation for the garden and tea house.
[edit] Pflanzenschauhaus (plant observation house)
The Pflanzenschauhaus, a 2,700 square meters greenhouse and exhibition garden, is located at the site of the Palmenhaus (palm house) which was destroyed in the Second World War. It contains a butterfly house, bird exhibits, as well as salt and fresh water aquariums.
[edit] Telecommunication tower
Towering over the Luisenpark is a 205 meters high telecommunication tower (Fernmeldeturm) with its rotating restaurant at 125 meters above the ground.
[edit] Spielwiese (Playground Meadows)
The Spielwiese, a large (30,000 sq meters) playground and leisure meadow, located on the grounds of the original race track, borders on a model farm with domestic animals enclosures, and a Chinese tea house
[edit] References
City of Mannheim - Tour of the City - Luisenpark. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
