Ahnepark, Public park in Vellmar, Germany
Ahnepark is a public park in Vellmar featuring a central lake, sports courts, and extensive walking paths through varied terrain. Visitors will find table tennis and basketball courts, dining options, and multiple entry points spread throughout the grounds.
Ahnepark was created on pastureland along the Ahne stream and opened on 21 June 1986. Many old trees and some fruit trees from an earlier garden area were kept when the park was laid out. Sculptures placed in the grounds are added to every three years.
The park is named after the Ahne stream that feeds its four ponds. Sculptures placed around the grounds are added to every three years, one or two figures at a time. A summer chess festival is held here, and the Märchenlandweg long-distance trail crosses the park.
The park lies between the Holländische Straße (Bundesstraßen 7 and 83) on the east and the Ahne stream on the west, with the Frommershäuser Straße along its northern edge. A section of the Märchenlandweg long-distance trail crosses the grounds. A café-restaurant with a lakeside terrace stands by one of the ponds in the southern part.
The Ahneparkbahn is a miniature steam railway run by the Dampfbahnclub Vellmar, carrying passengers on some Sundays and public holidays in the warm season. Its trains run on a small-scale track laid out within the park grounds.
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