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Spa Park

The origins of the Kurpark spa park go back to the year 1842. That was when the “Kurhausgarten” or “Kurgarten” (spa garden/park), a small park area extending from the Kurhaus terrace, was built according to the designs of the Düsseldorf garden director Maximilian Friedrich Weyhe. Extending further to the north, beginning in 1854-55 a landscape park was created in the English style according to the plans drawn up by garden director Peter Josef Lenné, who also included the area of the spring. In 1857 and 1867, successive expansions out to the Hardtwald forest were carried out under the direction of Frankfurt garden architect Heinrich Siesmayer, whose company was also entrusted with care and maintenance of the park. Since the 1870s, people have played sports in the Kurpark spa park, initiated and promoted by the many English spa guests. At first, guests played lawn tennis in the park meadow, and in 1876, the first tennis club was founded on the European mainland. A golf course was built in 1889; the golf club was then founded in 1899. Both of these made significant contributions to the appearance of the park. The last expansion of the park happened in 1913-14, when the jubilee park celebrating Emperor Wilhelm II’s 25 years on the throne was designed by Philipp Siesmayer.

Illustrations (titles and descriptions in German)

Der Kurpark in Bad Homburg
Aufnahme zwischen 1870 und 1910
(Photographs, contemporary)

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Der Jubiläumspark in Bad Homburg
Aufnahme aus den 1920er-Jahren
(Photographs, contemporary)

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Der Kurgarten in Bad Homburg
Lageplan von 1842
(Plans, Outlines, Drawings)

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Der Kurpark in Bad Homburg
Lageplan von 1854
(Plans, Outlines, Drawings)

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Die Brunnen im Kurpark von Bad Homburg
Lageplan von 1860-1867
(Plans, Outlines, Drawings)

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Die Kuranlagen in Bad Homburg
Topographische Karte um 1890 (Maßstab 1:2500)
(Plans, Outlines, Drawings)

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Building History

Construction

1842 (Kurgarten)

Conversion

1854-1867 (Kurpark), 1913/14 (Jubiläumspark)

Location

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Subject Area

Culture

Funding

public

Keywords

Gardens  

References

Recommended Citation

„Spa Park“, in: Orte der Kur <https://www.lagis-hessen.de/en/odk/record/id/1090> (aufgerufen am 30.04.2024)