Volkspark Dutzendteich, Public park in Nuremberg, Germany
Volkspark Dutzendteich is Nuremberg's largest park, covering 133.6 hectares together with the Luitpoldhain. It surrounds the Kleiner and Großer Dutzendteich and the Silbersee, a lake that formed in the flooded excavation pit of the never-built Deutsches Stadion. The Silberbuck, a 356 m hill of rubble and landfill, was greened in 1962.
The water was created around 1430 through dam construction as part of the city's development. In the 1930s the Nazi regime significantly reduced the park's size to make space for large-scale events.
The park hosts two large events each year: the DTM race on the Norisring city circuit, formerly the "200 Miles of Nuremberg", and the Rock im Park festival, for which thousands of fans camp around the lake for several days. A trail with information panels set up by the Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds runs around the Dutzendteich.
The park is flat and easy to walk, with paths along the shores of the Kleiner and Großer Dutzendteich and the Silbersee. A 15-station nature trail runs through the area, and the Dokumentationszentrum Reichsparteitagsgelände has set up a signposted route around the lake. In summer a boat rental offers 60 pedal and rowing boats; in winter the lake can be used for ice skating.
The Silberbuck, a 356 m hill at the southern end of the Silbersee, is a landscaped mound of rubble, special waste and debris dumped there until 1951; it was greened over in 1962. The Silbersee itself fills the excavated pit of the never-built Deutsches Stadion, abandoned when construction stopped in 1939/40.
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