The Industrial Heritage Route - Parks and Gardens lists stations of the Industrial Heritage Route that deal particularly with the topics of (landscape) gardens and (district) parks.
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| Theme route 23 Parks and gardens | |
 One of Anchor points: The glass elephant in Maximilienpark in Hamm | |
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| Wikipedia | RIK # Route 23 |
The route of industrial culture represents as Holiday route in the Ruhr area special industrial monuments and areas of the industrial landscape in the form of road routes for motor vehicles and also for that bicycle in front. In addition to the Anchor points, which form the backbone of the route, convey the Themed routes always a special topic, a local area or something special in the history of the Ruhr area.
The theme route with the number 23 "Parks and Gardens" shows examples of gardens, district and landscape parks, cemeteries and other green objects that were created through the industrialization of the Ruhr area. These include well-known stations such as the Hügelpark of Villa Hügel in Essen or the Rombergpark in Dortmund, but also less well-known ones such as a horse racing track or the main cemeteries in Dortmund and Mülheim. These green oases were created through many different situations: Citizens have developed their own parks through joint stock companies, entrepreneurial villas often also include extensive landscaped gardens, spa facilities, allotment gardens and town squares emerged from social concerns. The stations also show the diverse social history of the Ruhr area.
Of course, this is only a small excerpt from the "green in the pot", which often causes many visitors to exclaim in amazement ("But you have a lot of green here!"). The route of industrial culture alone names three other routes that deal with nature: it is about the dismantling of the Emscher to a blue river to Industrial nature and around Panoramas and Landmarks. There is also one on Wikipedia List of parks in the Ruhr area.
preparation
The Ruhr area offers the service facilities and accommodation options of a big city. If that's not enough or because it is fully booked / expensive due to local events, you can switch to the surrounding regions: Lower Rhine, Münsterland and Sauerland.
The respective anchor point or the corresponding one provides information on the individual stations of the themed route 23 website.
The anchor points are also to be understood as the first point of contact for information seekers:
- Hill park, 45133 Essen, Villa Hügel 1. Tel.: (0)201 616290, Fax: (0)201 6162911, Email: [email protected]. The park, which has been redesigned several times, is now a kind of English landscape park. Parts of the original park were separated and can now be accessed free of charge as "Kruppwald".Open: open every day, including many public holidays, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.Price: Villa & Park: 5 €.
- You can get more information in the corresponding Villa Huegel, 45133 Essen, Villa Hügel 1. Tel.: (0)201 616290, Fax: (0)201 6162911, Email: [email protected]. The villa has 269 rooms and 8100m² of floor space, it is wonderfully situated above the Baldeneysee in its own park. Built by Krupp as a representative headquarters, it is much more than an entrepreneur's villa, it is a symbol of industrialization and embodies the Krupp myth. Today the center of art and culture with top-class, international exhibitions, a concert hall for the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra, a permanent exhibition on the history of Krupp, his workforce and today's company and the foundation, as well as a historical site of remembrance, also scientifically supported by the Krupp Historical Archive.Open: Villa: daily from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., excluding holidays / events.Price: Villa & Park: 5 €.
- Maximilian Park, 59071 Hamm, Alter Grenzweg 2. Tel.: (0)2381 98210-0, Fax: (0)2381 98210-19, Email: [email protected]. Created on the site of the former Maximilian colliery in 1984 as a state garden show, the landmark is the glass elephant, which can also be walked on, the Spieleland (included in the price) and the butterfly house (extra) are particularly interesting for families with children, several small restaurants, Wheelchair-accessible paths and toilets.Open: Main ticket office: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., in summer until 7:00 p.m., admission Mon-Fri from 1:00 p.m., Sat & Sun from 10:00 a.m., the park closes at 9:00 p.m.Price: adults € 3.50, children up to 17 years € 2.50, family € 10.00, butterfly house extra at € 3 / € 2 / € 7.
- Hohenhof (Branch of the Osthaus Museum), 58093 Hagen-Eppenhausen, headband 10. Tel.: (0)2331 55990. The Hohenhof was at the beginning of the 19th century. Residence, total work of art and hub of the Folkwang movement (Hagen Impulse) around the patron Karl Ernst Osthaus (1874-1921). Today it conveys the life's work and the history of the founder of the museum and publishing house, cultural reformer and artist colony farmer Osthaus.Open: Sat & Sun 11 am-6pm.Price: adults € 3, family € 6, children and reduced € 1.50.
getting there
The Ruhr area is easy to reach, nearby airports are in Dusseldorf or Dortmund, both have rail connections. There is a high density of motorways, federal highways and railways on offer. Important hubs with long-distance connections are the main train stations in Duisburg, Mülheim an der Ruhr, eat, Hagen and Dortmund. There are several motorways for motor vehicles (A 1, A 2, A 3, A 40, A 42, A 43, A 44, A 45) with corresponding departures, but important: the Ruhr area is largely one Environmental zone, which only allows the entry of vehicles with certain badges (current status can be found in the respective city article under arrival!).
Tourist Attractions
- Hill park at Villa Hügel in eat
- Grugapark Essen
- Main cemetery Mülheim
- Spa gardens of the Solbad Raffelberg
- Botanical Garden Schweizer Strasse in Duisburg-Kaiserberg
- Friedensplatz Oberhausen
- Vonderort district park
- Leisure center Haus Wittringen in Gladbeck
- Von-Wedelstaedt-Park in Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf
- city Park Bochum
- Hohenstein Witten
- Natural obstacle racecourse in Castrop-Rauxel
- Rombergpark in Dortmund
- Fredenbaumpark
- Hoeschpark
- Dortmund main cemetery
- Spa gardens Hamm
- Maximilian Park
- City garden Hagen
- Garden of the Hohenhof
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literature
- ; Publishing house Peter Pomp (Ed.): From the Kaisergarten to the Revierpark. Bottrop / Essen, 1997, ISBN 3-89355-162-X .
