Westfalenpark, Public park in Dortmund, Germany.
The 70-hectare park features extensive gardens, walking paths, playgrounds, and the 220-meter Florianturm observation tower in central Dortmund.
The park opened in 1894 and transformed from Kaiser-Wilhelm-Hain and former waste sites to host three national garden exhibitions in 1959, 1969, and 1991.
The German Rosarium within Westfalenpark contains more than 3,000 rose varieties and hosts regular outdoor concerts at the lake stage throughout summer months.
Located at An der Buschmühle 3, the park offers multiple entrances, restaurants, parking facilities, and connects to public transportation networks across Dortmund.
The Water Heart basin creates scheduled water level variations, while an innovative architectural awning designed by Günter Behnisch stands since 1969.
Location: Dortmund
Elevation above the sea: 114 m
Website: http://westfalenpark.de
GPS coordinates: 51.49611,7.47750
Latest update: May 27, 2025 13:24
Dortmund combines industrial heritage with contemporary cultural offerings across its different districts. The city features a variety of sites, from Signal Iduna Park, Germany's largest football stadium with 81,365 seats where Borussia Dortmund has played since 1974, to the German Football Museum, which traces the history of the sport on 7,000 square meters of interactive exhibits. Green spaces are significant, including Westfalenpark, a 70-hectare park home to the 209-meter-high Florianturm and extensive rose gardens, and Dortmund Zoo, where 1,500 animals from 230 species, mainly from South America, reside across 28 hectares. Cultural institutions reflect Dortmund's mining past and its artistic scene. Zeche Zollern, a former coal mine from 1898, displays its original machinery hall and documents the industrial era of the Ruhr. The Museum of Art and Cultural History hosts collections from the Middle Ages to today within its 1924 Art Deco building. The Dortmund Concert Hall hosts classical and jazz concerts in its 1,550-seat auditorium. Lake Phoenix exemplifies urban redevelopment: this former steelworks site transformed in 2010 offers 3.2 kilometers of pathways along the water. Mengede Castle, a 13th-century fortress surrounded by moats, illustrates medieval architecture in Westphalia.
Westfalenhallen
1.5 km
Stadion Rote Erde
1.6 km
Florianturm
85 m
Botanischer Garten Rombergpark
1.8 km
Hörder Burg
1.9 km
PACE Automobilmuseum
1.6 km
Warsteiner Music Hall
1.1 km
Brünninghausen Castle
1.5 km
Kleinbahn im Westfalenpark
52 m
Halle 77 Dortmund
1.6 km
Gasometer Phoenix-West
1.4 km
Südbad
1.3 km
Wasserturm des Dortmunder Südbahnhofs
1.5 km
Borusseum
1.7 km
Ellipson
1.5 km
Stone Tower
1.3 km
Sessellift des Westfalenparks
155 m
Deutsches Kochbuchmuseum
474 m
St. Clara
2 km
Bonifatius-Kirche
550 m
Rosarium, Westfalenpark
526 m
Paul Gerhardt church
997 m
Synagoge Hörde
1.7 km
Bismarckturm
177 m
Mondo mio! Kindermuseum
402 m
Seebühne Buschmühlenteich
499 m
Winfried-Grundschule
1 km
Schlackenbahn-Viadukt Hörde
1 kmReviews
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