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Heinrich-Mayer Park in Altbach

When it comes to re-use of brownfield sites it seems to be perhaps to the Ruhrgebiet or northern English industrial cities. On a smaller scale, you may discover in the Stuttgart region, places where renatured unneeded industrial, commercial and residential areas, refurbished, dismantled and a new provision has been or will be supplied.

An example is the Heinrich-Mayer Park in Altbach. Altbach is situated in the Neckar valley in the district between the town of Esslingen Esslingen and Plochingen. The Heinrich-Mayer Park was created in 1997/98. This followed the cancellation of a no longer needed power plant, which was in operation from 1899 to 1985. The establishment of a park in place of the broken power plant was a compensatory measure for the construction of the power plant was Altbach 2 / Deizisau been prescribed. Named after the small park is Henry Mayer, founder of the Neckarwerke Altbach-Deizisau (now EnBW).

Last year, the Heinrich-Mayer-Park has undergone a revaluation. For in the context of the big project "Landscape Park Region Stuttgart" and the embedded project "Landscape Neckar Park" was created at a cost of 650,000 euros through the park a so-called Verbindungsgerinne which restores the ecological continuity of the Neckar River in this area. The ecological continuity is not here in the course of the navigable and Hauptneckararms the lock Deizisau produced, but in the area of a tributary of the Neckar, the so-called Neckaraltarms.

Access to the Heinrich-Mayer-Park takes place from Altbach an upgraded pedestrian underpass under the railway line Stuttgart-Plochingen through.

The Stuttgart region has co-financed the new Verbindungsgerinne in Henry Mayer Park as part of the country park project. This is shown by this stele. The power plant as a neighbor of the park Altbach can not be overlooked.

The new Verbindungsgerinne connects the cooling water channel (upstream) with the Neckaraltarm (underwater) and thus the ecological continuity of the Neckar River in this area recover.

Here in Henry Mayer Park begins and ends the under nature protection Neckaraltarm.

The new Verbindungsgerinne opens into the center in the basin at the top of the Neckaraltarms. The mouth has been designed so that a so-called attraction flow is created. Thus, the upstream migrating fish are attracted. Links flows parallel to the Altbach, a side stream of the Neckar.

was in the form of an amphitheater, the area around the head of the Neckaraltarms designed. Links in the pool you can see a strong current. Here flows - in addition to the new surface Verbindungsgerinne - even underground Water from the cooling water channel down to Neckaraltarm.

The new Verbindungsgerinne begins with the cooling water channel. A sheet pile wall secures the difference in height between the canal and flume.

The new Verbindungsgerinne in Henry Mayer Park in Altbach: to be built in the course of two pedestrian bridges had to. The heavily-used railway line Stuttgart-Plochingen directly alongside the park. However, the noise of the trains is not perceived as particularly unpleasant. In any case, is a railway line in terms of emissions by miles as pleasant as a highway. The approaching directly across the park to the Stuttgart airport aircraft have more entertainment value than that they are disturbing (the residents under the flight path, this may feel different, however).

In Henry Mayer Park, it is fully intended that you leave the paved paths.

aircraft, railway, power plant, High voltage power line - and herons. Somehow fits in Henry Mayer park all together.

for a tour of the Heinrich-Mayer-Parks you need not spend too much time. The parking area is manageable and the park is the railway station from Altbach (S-Bahn line S1) reached quickly. Opposite the station building there is a map of Altbach, where you can learn well about the situation of the park.

From the station forecourt Altbach you turn left (direction Stuttgart) and follows the Amselweg directly alongside the railway line . The road ends at a pedestrian underpass under the railway line through to the Heinrich-Mayer-Park leads. In the park you should try all the paths and stairs once, even Neckaraltarm direction. There is a striking number of benches in the park, so that one if the weather could also stay longer in the park. The way back to the station is like the way there. The road from the station to the park early is 300 meters long.