Geschwister-Scholl-Park, Park in Alte Neustadt, Magdeburg, Germany
Geschwister-Scholl-Park is a landscaped park in Magdeburg's Alte Neustadt, laid out by garden director Johann Gottlieb Schoch on the site of the former Bastion Braunschweig. Its grounds follow the old fortress terrain, with an elevated viewpoint facing a water cascade. Villas border the park, and its entrances carry plaques commemorating the Scholl siblings.
The grounds were part of Bastion Braunschweig, which guarded the Krökentor, Magdeburg's northwestern city gate. In 1895 director Johann Gottlieb Schoch proposed a horticultural exhibition for the garden society's 50th anniversary; nine hectares were bought and it opened on 28 August 1895. Part of the site became a public park by 1897, again planned by Schoch.
The park was renamed Geschwister-Scholl-Park on 13 April 1951, after the Scholl siblings of the White Rose resistance. Panels at every entrance commemorate them. The earlier name, Königin-Luise-Garten, referred to the marble statue of Queen Luise of Prussia placed in the park by the Vaterländischer Frauenverein on 18 June 1901.
The park lies on the site of the former Bastion Braunschweig and is entered from several sides, with memorial panels for the Scholl siblings at each entrance. Paths follow Johann Gottlieb Schoch's original plans, restored between 1990 and 1994. The grounds are a listed monument, so stay on the paths and leave the lawns and planting beds undisturbed.
The 1901 white marble statue of Queen Luise was toppled from its pedestal in February 1963; its whereabouts remain unknown. Only the head survived, kept secretly in private hands for years. A copy of the monument was inaugurated in June 2009.
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