Moorteichwiese, City park in Südfriedhof district, Kiel, Germany.
Moorteichwiese is a roughly 14-hectare public park in Kiel's Südfriedhof district, laid out with sports grounds and allotment gardens. It lies south of the city centre, bounded by Max-Planck-Straße, Königsweg, Winterbeker Weg and Theodor-Heuss-Ring. The grounds were built as a Volkspark between 1905 and 1908, from 1907 under city garden director Ferdinand Hurtzig, and were planned with tennis courts and large lawns.
In the late 19th century the site was used as a rubbish dump and drew complaints about its neglected state, so a people's park with tennis courts and large lawns was planned. Construction ran from 1905 to 1908, led from 1907 by the city garden director Ferdinand Hurtzig. North of the park, the Kieler Actien-Brauerei had already built underground brewery cellars and the excursion restaurant Felsenhalle in 1846, with an octagonal tower used to hoist beer barrels and as a viewing tower; the vaults were enlarged in 1872 and the above-ground building was partly destroyed in the Second World War.
The park was laid out as a Volkspark with tennis courts and large lawns, and today it also holds sports areas and allotment gardens. North of it on Max-Planck-Straße stood the Kieler Actien-Brauerei, whose underground cellars were dug in 1846 and enlarged in 1872.
The roughly 14-hectare site lies south of Kiel's centre, bounded by Max-Planck-Straße, Königsweg, Winterbeker Weg and Theodor-Heuss-Ring. Paths cross lawns, sports areas and allotment gardens, so allow time to walk between the different parts. The former brewery site with its octagonal tower stands north of the park on Max-Planck-Straße.
North of the park on Max-Planck-Straße, the Kieler Actien-Brauerei built underground brewery cellars in 1846 and the excursion restaurant "Felsenhalle", whose octagonal tower served both as a hoist for beer barrels and as a viewing tower for guests. Machine house, barrel store, cooperage and five storage cellars followed; the vaults were enlarged in 1872, and the above-ground building was partly destroyed in the Second World War.
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