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The park André Hartmann



The park André Hartmann was produced under the Judicial Frederick Hartmann, between 1866 and 1870. Alongside the central kiosk (from exposure crafted 1925), is the granite rock bearing an effigy bronze munstérien Frédéric Kirschleger botanist (1804-1869).


(Ph. : S. Wernain)


(Ph. : S. W.)

The monument Kirschleger
The monument was inaugurated on May 23, 1909, paid tribute to Frederic Kirschleger, a distinguished botanist. He presented a medallion due to the sculptor Jean Désiré Ringel of Illzach (1849-1916).
In 1930 he was again opened and the medallion, which disappeared during World War I, is replaced by a new portrait, the work of Albert Schultz (1871-1953).

The War Memorial
The monument was inaugurated in 1930 in memory of civilian and military victims of the First World War. During the German annexation, the monument is transformed into an instrument of propaganda of the Third Reich. The restoration work is completed in 1953 and a plaque refers to the second victims of this conflict.

Opposite the park entrance Andre Hartmann, in the East, was built in 1892, a music room and theatre entirely funded by Madame Aimée Hartmann, widow of Frederick Hartmann. Prestigious concerts were held there. The building was destroyed during the First World War.


Parks Albert Schweitzer & of the Fecht



Until 1926, the current parks in the park Fecht and Albert Schweitzer not formed a single whole, belonging to the family Hartmann. Called "Herrengarten," English garden extended to exit East (current site) Munster, it was the holiday and rest Hartmann.
The beautiful trees, the prestigious species were planted by Hartmann and constitute a natural treasures of the city of Munster (here Park Albert Schweitzer).


(Ph. : R. Bock)
Park Schweitzer (Ph. : S. W.)



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Park of the Fecht (Ph. : S. W.)

In addition to the house Barth, provost Royal Munster, purchased in 1795 by Andre Hartmann (1746-1837), stood before 1918, slightly above the pond, one of the properties Hartmann. It was built around 1880 on plans Frédéric de Rutté. This beautiful house was badly damaged during the First World War and demolished after 1918.
The Hartmann have hosted many prestigious guests: Napoleon III spent the night in Munster from 24 to 25 July 1858; were also received, General Foy in September 1821, the great musician Franz Liszt in 1845, painters Theodore Rousseau in 1867 and Jean-Francois Millet in 1868.



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Villa Hartmann (1885) (Municipal Archives)

Griffons and Sphinx
Located in the park Schweitzer, two griffons and two sphinx pink sandstone face a few hundred metres. These sculptures come from the former property of Charles Schulmeister Strasbourg (1770-1853), faithful spy Napoleon I and are due to the talent of Landolin Ohmacht sculptor (1760-1834).
After the fall of the Empire in 1815, Frederick Hartmann-Metzger, eldest son of Andre Hartmann, purchased the griffons and sphinx and had them make their current location.
(I. M. H. 1990).

Neptune
A statue of Neptune, the god of the sea, is located along the pond in the park of the Fecht.
Works by sculptor Landolin Ohmacht, it is also the former property Schulmeister in Strasbourg.
(I. M. H. 1990).

The fountain at the Place de la Tuilerie
This fountain, Louis XVI style, is an example of eighteenth-century sculpture. It was originally in an inner courtyard of the house Hartmann, earlier this former English garden of the property, current parks Albert Schweitzer and the Fecht.
Miraculously untouched by the First World War, it was moved in 1919 and installed at its current location in 1934.
(I. M. H. 1990).
The Place de la Tuilerie owes its name to the eighteenth century the existence of a tile which operated until 1821.


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The monument Kirschleger (ph. : S. W.)


The War Memorial (ph. : S. W.)



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Park of the Fecht (ph. : S. W.)



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Griffons (ph. : S. W.)



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Sphinx (ph. : S. W.)


Neptune (ph. : S. W.)


Fountain, place de la Tuilerie (ph. : S. W.)

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