Arboretum Park Härle

The Arboretum Park Härle in Upper Kassel, a district of the city of Bonn Beuel district, is a country park at the foot of the Seven Mountains. The Arboretum is a plant that belongs to the road of garden design between the Rhine and Meuse rivers, and through the Arboretum Foundation Park Härle is supervised.

History

The origins of the park date back to the former director of the Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, Franz Carl race, which created here is a summer residence. He began to create a garden. In 1870 he planted among others two Atlas cedar, a Ginkgo, a sequoia and incense cedar ( Calcocedrus decurrens ), which are preserved to this day.

1921 acquired the jurist Carl Härle the estate, leaving the house rebuilt in the Bauhaus style and expand the park in 1922 by planting special trees and shrubs according to a draft plan of the garden architect Carl Rohde and son. Also the subsequent slope forest with an abandoned quarry as the eastern boundary and the rear wall was opened up by paths. Then there was a nursery.

"With its irregular alternation of meadows and woodlands, the mostly rounded paths with roundels and some formal elements of the design language of the landscape style of the 19th century [ the Park] arrested. "

His two daughters, Mary and Regina Härle, took over in August 1950 after the death Haerle owning and imply extensive care towards the further development of the park. The construction of the federal highway 42 on the slope of the Seven Mountains, the area of ​​parkland in 1975 was reduced to its present size of 4.7 acres. The nursery was dissolved and reshaped the terrain as Arboretum.

Today's design

The park now consists of three mutually delimited parts: the Old Park with the earlier residential buildings, the new park on the site of the former nursery and the extensive forest park with Maar and orchard.

The climatic aligned favored to the south hillside location offers a varied relief with surprising and exciting prospects, such as the look in the crowns of the cedars in the Old Park or the various views of the maar.

The Arboretum combines extensive collections of plants of the genera juniper (Juniperus ), cypress (Chamaecyparis ), yew (Taxus ), arborvitae (Thuja ), especially rare with roses and valuable specimen plants and shrubs such as hanging Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica ' Pendula " ), cinnamon maple ( Acer griseum ), alligator juniper (Juniperus deppeana ), Weeping Douglas Fir ( Pseudotsuga menziesii ' Glauca Pendula ' ), cypress (Cupressus sempervirens), Buntblättriger pagoda Dogwood (Cornus controversa " Variegata ").

Maar in Forest Park

Cinnamon Maple

Mountain sequoia in the Old Park

Foundation Park Härle

After the death of her sister Maria Regina Härle 1996 built in 1997 according to the last will and testament set will of both sisters the charitable foundation Arboretum Park Härle. Regina Härle died on 8 October 2000. Administration of the Foundation was transferred to the Donors' Association for German Science eV fiduciary. Responsible for dendrological and technical support of the park is the German Society Arboretum eV

The Foundation will maintain and develop the park area and make it available science and research and the public. The park is included in the international network of botanic gardens.

The Foundation Board is composed of members of the Donors' Association and the GDA.

Guided tours through the park

The Arboretum is open twice a month as part of guided tours. Tours are available during the months of March through October and that on the first Saturday of the month from 10:00 bis 12:00 clock and on the third Wednesday of the month from 17:00 bis 19:00 clock.

The tours last about 1.5 to 2 hours. Participation is free, and registration is not required. In addition, individual group tours are available ( minimum 15 people).