The buildings of Lorsch Abbey, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991, have not survived in their entirety. And yet it is still possible to experience the abbey as a special place today thanks to modern landscape architecture. Still to be found on the abbey grounds covering almost 3 hectares are the…
The area in the north-west part of Rheine which encompasses the Salinenpark, the neighbouring zoo as well as Bentlage monastery and cultural landscape is an interesting place to visit. The Salinenpark was redesigned in 2004. Today, box-shaped linden trees create a focus at the central part of the graduation house where the original structure is…
The centre of Landschaftspark Duisburg Nord is a disused blast furnace which today is a much visited industrial heritage site. Covering an area of approximately 200 hectares, the park comprises various areas of abandoned industrial sites and wastelands. The extremely diverse terrain is due to the many changes carried out to its topography, the different…