The Kaiserallee in Baden-Baden (until 1881 Promenad Straße[1]) runs along the Oos from the Hotel Badischer Hof at Hindenburgplatz to the Reinhard-Fieser-Brücke at the level of the Kurhaus (spa house). The Kaiserallee is around 500 m long.
Course
Beginning at Hindenburgplatz, the Kaiserallee runs along the Oos towards the south. At Hindenburgplatz it branches off from the Lange Straße to the southwest — half-right when looking towards the town centre. Its start is marked by the Hotel Badischer Hof, once a Capuchin monastery, which from 1807 was converted into the spa town’s first luxury hotel.
The Kapuzinerstraße, which branches off from the Kaiserallee here towards the northwest, still recalls the former monastery in its name. In the hotel’s garden stands the Dreischalenbrunnen, probably the best-known thermal fountain in Baden-Baden.
West of the Kaiserallee lies the landscaped park of the Michaelsberg. The next building along the Kaiserallee is the Trinkhalle (pump room). In front of the Trinkhalle stands the bust of Kaiser Wilhelm. South of the Trinkhalle begins the Kurgarten with the Kurhaus, which was built by Friedrich Weinbrenner. Opposite lies the tradition-steeped Hotel Europäischer Hof.
The Kaiserallee ends at the Reinhard-Fieser-Brücke at the level of the Kurhauskolonnaden. Here the Sophienstraße crosses. Further to the south follows the Lichtentaler Allee, which thus forms an extension of the Kaiserallee.
History
The park in the area of the Kaiserallee was laid out in the English style in 1810 and 1811 by court garden inspector Hartweg. Under the supervision of Friedrich Weinbrenner, court gardener Klee carried out further work. A plan by the prominent garden architect Ludwig von Sckell was not implemented. Instead, in 1818 a plan by Johann Michael Zeyher, then garden director of Schwetzingen, was carried out, which established the course of the Kaiserallee that still exists today. In 1825 a flood destroyed the park and a renewal became necessary. Afterwards the Oos was straightened and took on its present course.
In 2005 the Freundeskreis Lichtentaler Allee e.V. restored and saved the Michaelsteg, a bridge on the Kaiserallee.[2]
Sources
- Bernd Weigel Parkführer Baden-Baden. Die Gärten und Kuranlagen im Oostal. 2nd edition, Wesel-Kommunikation, Baden-Baden 2003, ISBN 3-00-010770-3.
References:
- ↑ Ulrich Coenen Von Aquae bis Baden-Baden - die Baugeschichte der Stadt und ihr Beitrag zur Entwicklung der Kurarchitektur Aachen, Mainz 2008, ISBN 3-8107-0023-1, p. 223
- ↑ Completed projects on the website of the Freundeskreis Lichtentaler Allee e.V.