Park an der Ilm
Park an der Ilm | |
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Location | Weimar |
Coordinates | 50°58′23″N 11°20′11″E / 50.97306°N 11.33639°E |
Created | 1778 |
Designation | World Heritage Site "Classical Weimar" |
The Park an der Ilm (Park on the Ilm, short Ilmpark) is a large Landschaftspark (landscaped park) in Weimar, Thuringia. It was created in the 18th century, influenced by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and has not been changed much, preserving a park of the period. It forms part of the World Heritage Site "Classical Weimar along with other sites across Weimar bearing testimony to the city's historical importance as a cultural hub during the Weimar Classicism movement in the late 18th and 19th centuries".[1][2]
Location
The park is located on both banks of the river
History
Landscaping for the park began in 1778, influenced by
The park contains valuable trees, mostly local varieties, but also some foreign trees, especially from North America. In 1993, 770
From 1969, the park was taken care of by Gartendirektion der Nationalen Forschungs- und Gedenkstätten der klassischen deutschen Literatur.[3] Since 1998, it has become part of the World Heritage Site "Classical Weimar".
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Dessauer Stein, 1782
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Sphinxgrotte, 1784–86
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Roman House, 1791–98
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Sternbrücke, by Georg Melchior Kraus
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Ochsenauge, a Leutra source
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Shakespeare monument by Otto Lessing
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Villa Haar
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Liszt monument
Literature
- Wolfgang Huschke: Die Geschichte des Parkes von Weimar. Weimar 1951.
- Susanne Müller-Wolff: Ein Landschaftsgarten im Ilmpark: Die Geschichte des herzoglichen Gartens in Weimar. Köln-Weimar-Wien 2007. ISBN 978-3-412-20057-2
- Georg Melchior Kraus: Aussichten und Parthien des Herzogl. Parks bey Weimar. Hrsg. von Ernst-Gerhard Güse und Margarete Oppel, Weimar 2006, ISBN 3-7443-0137-0.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Park on the Ilm". Klassik Stiftung Weimar. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "Classical Weimar". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ a b c "Die Parkanlagen der Stiftung Weimarer Klassik – Park an der Ilm: Baumbestand und Geschichte". baufachinformation.de (in German). Retrieved 2 July 2014.
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ISBN 978-3-598-44122-6.
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ISBN 3-406-39800-6.
- ^ "Das Shakespeare-Denkmal in Weimar". Focus (in German). 20 April 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.