Revierpark Vonderort

Revierpark Vonderort and Gesundheitspark Quellenbusch In 1969, the architects were given 32 hectares and four years to create the Revierpark Vonderort on the “ruins” of a municipal park in the spirit of the turn of the century. A four-kilometre nature trail leads to the quiet, semi-natural areas, which are especially charming in the autumn and…

Botanical Garden in Münster

The Botanical Garden in Münster is a scientific institution attached to the Westfälisches Wilhelms-Universität and is mainly used for research and teaching. The garden lies within the palace park and is not only of botanical interest. Its location at the edge of Münster’s bustling old town centre also makes it a popular oasis of tranquillity.…

Kölner Volksgarten – Garden Monument with a Long History

In 1889, the Volksgarten park was opened presenting vast lawns for play and recuperation in a gently modelled landscape with undulating hills and valleys. The optical centre of this landscaped park is a big boat pond with a curvy shoreline that forms many little bays. The trees and bushes were planted along the shoreline in…

Rheinpark Köln – Garden Monument from the 1950s

Today the Rheinpark created for the Bundesgartenschau (German garden show) in 1957 still largely has its original form and so reflects the garden architecture of the 1950s. The central location of the park on the right bank of the river Rhine is the reason for some of its outstanding features: on the one hand the spatial…