Büsing-Park, Public park and cultural monument in Offenbach am Main, Germany.
Büsing-Park is a public park in central Offenbach am Main that runs along Berliner Strasse to Kaiserstrasse and surrounds the Büsing-Palais, which houses the city library. It adjoins the Lili-Park. The park contains a playground, a boules court, water features, a fountain, benches, and sculptures by Hans Mettel, Wilhelm Rietschel, and Karlgeorg Hoefer.
The garden was laid out in 1790 as an English landscape garden for the mansion built by the Bernard and d'Orville manufacturing families; its pedunculate oaks likely date from that time. Hamburg merchant Adolf Büsing, a d'Orville descendant, bought the estate in 1890 and had the overgrown park redesigned around the turn of the century. The city acquired the palace in 1921 for use as its town hall, after which the park became public and took the name Büsing-Park.
The park was privately owned by wealthy manufacturing families and reflects their taste for English garden culture. Visitors can still sense this preference for naturalistic design that was typical of upper-class society in the 18th century.
The park runs from Berliner Strasse to Kaiserstrasse and adjoins the Lili-Park; the Sophie-von-Laroche-Platz, laid out in 2005, links the two. Paths were rerouted between 2006 and 2007 while keeping the 19th-century layout. The circular temple on its small hill was restored in 2004 with support from the state heritage office.
A circular temple from 1790 called Monopteros sits on a small hill and shows the artistic planning of the original garden. The structure was originally designed as a venue for musical performances and is often overlooked by visitors.
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