Anscharpark, Public park in Wik district, Kiel, Germany
Anscharpark is a roughly 62,000 m² green space in Kiel's Wik district, between Adalbertstraße and Weimarer Straße. It surrounds the preserved buildings of the former Marine- und Garnisonslazarett, later called Anschar-Krankenhaus, including a gatehouse. Most of the listed pavilions were demolished in 2017/2018 and the site was rebuilt with apartments.
The site held the Marine- und Garnisonslazarett, a naval and garrison hospital with around twenty buildings, including pavilions, an operations and bath house, a morgue, a chapel and a vegetable garden. From 1950 the complex was called Anschar-Krankenhaus, which gave the park its popular name. Most of the listed pavilions were demolished in 2017/2018 and the grounds rebuilt with housing; surviving buildings and grounds are listed as cultural monuments.
The preserved buildings from the former hospital period are registered as cultural monuments, representing the architectural legacy of Kiel's military medical facilities.
The park is freely accessible for walking between the residential buildings and beneath the mature trees. The infrastructure is well-maintained with clear pathways that make it easy to navigate the grounds.
The site once held around twenty buildings, among them a chapel, a mortuary, a bathhouse and a vegetable garden. The street crossing the park was named Im Anscharpark by a decision of the Kiel city council on 17 April 2008, recalling the hospital that stood here.
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