The Friedehorst Park (german: Friedehorstpark), also called the Lehnhof Park (), is a green space in the Bremen borough of on the border of states of Bremen and

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. It is about 9 ha in area. It is home to the highest natural point in the state of Bremen reaching a height of . The park, which is open to the public, belongs to the

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Geography

Location

Friedehorst Park is in St. Magnus, a suburb of the borough of Burglesum. It borders on the Lower Saxon county of

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– in the east on the parish of in the municipality of

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and in the north and west on , a village in the municipality of

Schwanewede Schwanewede is a municipality in the district of Osterholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 14 km west of Osterholz-Scharmbeck, and 22 km northwest of Bremen. It belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In ...

Bremen's highest point

At 32.5 m, the highest natural point in Bremen is an eminence in Friedehorst Park near the northern border of Bremen with Lower Saxony. The top of the

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in the parish of Hohweg in the Bremen borough of Walle, is higher, being variously reported as 42 m and 49 m.

Protected area

Friedehorst Park and the suburb of to the west lie within the fragmented,

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of "Bremen 1968", which was designated in 1968 and covers over 32.81 km² ( CDDA-No. 378515).

History

Friedehorst Park was laid out in about 1875 around the rural estate of Lehnhof, which was owned by the consul general, banker and senator, Theodor Lürmann, probably by , creator of and , in a rural style. The manor house, originally a building in the Swiss chalet style, was built in 1888 and replaced in 1904 by a new one in the

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, which in turn was demolished in the 1930s. The park was originally larger than it is today, having an area of 16 ha. The (Friedehorst Foundation) with its buildings is located on the eastern side of the park. To the west of the park the suburb of Lehnhofsiedlung was built in 1950/51.

External links

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References

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