Volkspark Marienberg, Public park in Nuremberg, Germany
Volkspark Marienberg is a landscape garden in the English style covering 120 hectares in northern Nuremberg, laid out between 1959 and 1973. It is the city's second-largest public park after the Volkspark Dutzendteich. The grounds hold a pond, allotment gardens, sports and play areas, and a small arboretum planted around the pond for the 2000 anniversary year.
The land was originally forested, became a farm in 1845, and served as an airport from 1933 until World War II. After the war, the area was transformed into the park that exists today.
The park serves as a gathering place for families and sports enthusiasts who spend their leisure time here on weekends and weekdays. You can observe joggers, cyclists, and people relaxing on the meadows throughout the day.
The park lies about four kilometres north of Nuremberg's centre in Großreuth hinter der Veste, bounded by Marienbergstraße to the north and Kilianstraße to the south, with Herrnhütte to the east and Kleinreuth hinter der Veste to the west; the airport is two kilometres northwest. The Marienbuck serves as a sledding and viewing hill. Remains of the former airfield runway can still be found only by looking closely.
The Marienbuck hill, built from post-war rubble, rises about 20 meters above the park and becomes a favorite sledding spot in winter. This artificial hill shows how the area was reconstructed from the remains of the city.
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