Nerotalanlagen

Nerotalanlagen
Nerotalanlagen
	Map of Nerotalanlagen
Location	Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
Coordinates	50°05′37″N 08°13′57″E / 50.09361°N 8.23250°E
Created	1897

The Nerotalanlagen (Nero Valley Park) is a park in

stream valley

of the Schwarzbach creek. The listed historic park features a great variety of plants and several monuments.

History

The park was created in the style of an English landscape garden in 1897 and 1898, when the town was fashioned as a major spa.^[1] It is located in the north of the city, below the Neroberg, and follows the Schwarzbach creek for approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi). The valley, which provides fresh air to the spa area, was intentionally left free of buildings.^[2] The park was created aimed at remaining close to nature.^[2] It features singular trees, around 6000 different kinds of plants,^[1] the Schweizer Häuschen, and six stone bridges.^[1]

To the north of the park, the Nerobergbahn funicular runs to the Neroberg. The two roads in the east and west are lined with villas. In the south, the Franco-Prussian War memorial^[1] marks the end at the Taunusstrasse [de]. It was erected in 1909, designed by Karl Krause and hewn by Franz Pritel,^[3] in memory of battles at Wörth, Wissembourg, Sedan and Paris.^[4]

The Schwarzbach creek is dammed a few times in the park, creating ponds and waterfalls,^[1] and is lined with meadows and a playground. It features monuments for Bismarck,^[1] Carl Koch [de], who was advisor for the town's water supply, and Friedrich von Bodenstedt,^[5] a poet who lived in Wiesbaden from 1878 to 1892 and was buried on the nearby Nordfriedhof [de].