Rheinpark

The Rheinpark (meaning: Rhine park) is a 40 hectare (0,4 km²) large urban park along the right bank of the river Rhine in Cologne, Germany. The park lies between the Cologne districts of Deutz and Mülheim and includes a beach club, an open-air theater (the Tanzbrunnen) and a Roman Thermae styled public bath (the Claudius-Therme). It was voted Germany's best park in 2007.^[1]

History

Originally laid out according to plans by landscape architect Fritz Encke and opened in 1913, the park today mirrors the redesign of the park for the Bundesgartenschau in 1957.

Major public events in the history of the park were:

Cologne Werkbund Exhibition, 1914
Internationale Presse-Ausstellung 1928
Bundesgartenschau 1957
Bundesgartenschau 1971

Venues

Tanzbrunnen Theater

References

^ www.schoenste-parks.de Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine

External links

official site

50°56′57″N 6°58′32″E / 50.94917°N 6.97556°E / 50.94917; 6.97556

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[1] www.schoenste-parks.de Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine