Taxispark, Park in Neuhausen-Nymphenburg, Munich, Germany
Taxispark is a public green space in the Neuhausen-Nymphenburg district of Munich with facilities for recreation and physical activity. The grounds include sports areas, a Kneipp water basin, fitness equipment, raised wooden pathways, and a sunken garden that outlines where a former swimming pool once stood.
The park was created in 1921 after World War I as a recovery space specifically for disabled war veterans, designed to aid in their rehabilitation. Over the decades it transformed into a public recreation space serving the broader neighborhood community.
The name comes from the adjacent Taxisgarten beer garden, opened in 1924, whose lease financed the recovery facilities; the site belonged to the Bavarian royal civil list, not the Taxis family. Above the beer garden entrance are lines written by Eugen Roth, and Jesuit priest Rupert Mayer, himself severely war-disabled, spoke at the 1924 opening.
The park is located at Paschstraße 28 near the U-Bahn station Gern, making it easy to reach by public transportation. The grounds are designed with ramps, stairs, and elevated pathways that allow visitors to move around comfortably on foot.
The park is owned by the Free State of Bavaria, not a private family. Its beer garden, the Taxisgarten, opened in 1924; income from leasing it financed the recovery facilities for war-disabled members of the association that ran the grounds.
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