Rose Garden, Coburg

The Coburg rose garden is a green space in the ketch suburb. It is in the west and south of the Ketschendorfer, bounded on the east by the Alexandrinenstraße and in the north by the Berlin court. The " heyday " of the rose garden was in 1929, when there the German rose show was organized. To date, the rose garden is for many city dwellers a place of peace and tranquility.

Customs Bauernwiese

The land before Ketschentor, a meadow, had a farmer who was also known as urban tax collector leased. This led to the designation for the area inch Bauernwiese. In 1846, the city was able to purchase from the Duke's chamber, the peri-urban land. There followed some areas the planting of shrubs and trees and on the eastern edge in 1859 the creation of the named after Duchess Alexandrine Alexandrinenstraße, which was built with prestigious villas on the mountain side.

Flood Fountain

The Flood Fountain, a work of the artist Ferdinand Coburg Lepcke, got in 1906 its location on the grassy area. The copy of the Flood Fountain of 1898 for the Victoria Park in the Prussian Bromberg gave the Coburg citizens, to commemorate the beginning of his reign, at an estimated cost of 30,000 marks, their Duke Carl Eduard. On 12 November 1906, the bronze cast of the monumental statue group was inaugurated. The fountain and square were named after the Duke. The Flood fountain stood until 1962 in the middle of the garden and was then moved to the north side in the transformation of the entire system.

Rose Garden

In the 1920s, the honorary chairman of the Coburg Horticultural Society Hahn had the idea for the horticultural beautification of the area, a rose show, as in Dresden in 1926 and Liegnitz in 1927, carried out as part of the centenary of the club. With support from the Duchess Viktoria Adelheid eventually the city could be convinced of the project. In particular, the first chairman of the 520 members having Horticulture Association, the main teachers Julius Popp, became involved in the realization of the event. On May 23, 1929 was finally the exhibition grounds, the redesigned in the style of an architectural space garden former customs Bauernwiese be inaugurated as the rose garden. Nearly 200,000 people visited until October the rose show with about 15,000 copies.

Conversions

On the initiative of the Rose Garden Popp remained as a permanent garden show, under supervision of the Horticultural Society until 1949, made ​​that could be entered only against admission. The park, with its flower beds, special gardens, water features, starting in 1932 with a fish house, aviaries and a terrace restaurant with an outdoor dance floor became a popular meeting place in Coburg.

As in the 1960s, the Congress Coburg house was built on the north side of the garden, the rose garden underwent a redesign. Out of the crooked and branched garden was an open and bright surface, to large lawns were created, mainly centered in the park. However, the rose garden, thus losing its character, since it was converted very radical and many details were dropped. 1987 and 1988 the Rose Garden was redesigned again by the garden architect Gerd Aufmkolk and Hirschmann, this time attention was paid mainly to a natural and free design, which helped the garden to a new character. Since there are more than 72 types of roses there, and dozens of other types of hedges, flowers, shrubs and trees. In addition, a Palm House were built, situated aviaries for exotic birds and created a number of smaller ponds on the north side before the deluge fountains.

Recreation center

The rose garden has since then served as inner-city recreation area. Despite the adjacent streets, the noise is low and through the green and dense growth of outdoor plants a natural appearance is given. Many paths lead from the Kongresshaus on Palm House and the Flood Fountain, at the sides of which rose stands and beds are located. The large meadows are often used in summer as a picnic area. The Rose Garden is freely accessible and free. In early May 2008 was celebrated the Flood Fountain Festival in the history of the Rose Garden for the second time.

Kongresshaus Rosengarten

At the northern end of the Coburg Rose garden is the Congress House. The building, which was based on plans by Hans- Busso von Busse built in 1962, is a modern glass building who through the frame and crystal fronts a high transparency. Inside there are for conventions and other events, two large halls with up to 1100 seats and other conference and meeting rooms. In Congress, the house is also the Congress House restaurant, which also offers visitors an outdoor terrace overlooking the rose garden.

Palm House

At the south end of the rose garden next to the flood fountain is the Coburg Palm House, which was opened on 10 March 1984 and consists of an area of ​​255 m². The building with a floor area of 20 m × 15 m is divided into an entrance hall with five aviaries, an orchid compartment a Cactus and Succulent and the main house. One can find different types of orchids, bamboo, cacti, palm trees and even animals such as birds and fish. The Palm House is open all year round and admission is free.

Plaques

In the rose garden are still at large two plaques, one for Johann Strauss, who was married in Coburg Town Hall and until his death remained Coburg citizens. In the Alexandrinenstraße stood until 1988, the villa in which he worked and lived. Furthermore, a memorial stone from the gardening association Coburg for Julius Popp, the initiator of the rose garden, situated.

Planning for the future

The future of the Rose Garden and the convention center are uncertain. The new downtown concept ( NIK ) provides for a change of Angers and also these buildings, planning of an urban design competition include the demolition of the Kongresshaus and the transformation of the rose garden with a displacement of flood fountain on the north side. When and if the plans are realized, is not yet fixed. In May 2008, the design competition for architects was completed.