Park at the former Gispersleben thermal power station

Start-up area becomes amusement park

Two “highlights”

The park at the former thermal power plant is located on the southern edge of Gispersleben. In the north it borders on Kiliani Park .

That doesn't sound that exciting at first and the present appears to be rather solid. What's exciting about this Erfurt park is the past.

But first to the here and now. of the Northern Geraaue, the area will be upgraded as part of Buga 2021. The result is a hilly landscape

Hill in Gispersleben Park at the old heating plant in Erfurt.

with two real “highlights”. On the one hand there is the children's playground. Anyone who raised their children in earlier times will immediately see that he is really good.

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Children's playground Nördliche Geraaue Erfurt with sand pot.

And this place made for our little ones is also very popular with today's parents, grandparents and everyone who has to do with children.

Playground in the park at the former Erfurt Gispersleben thermal power station.

The second special feature of the park is a place with such equipment:

A training device in the park at the Erfurt Gispersleben thermal power station

These are used to build muscle. The park at the former thermal power plant houses an open-air bodybuilding studio. Anyone who has really tormented themselves can relax comfortably on site.

Hanging loungers in the park at the former Erfurt Gispersleben thermal power station next to the training equipment.

Way into the past

Otherwise, there is the normal “Park by the Water” program on the newly designed Gera loop.

The Gera am Park former heating plant Gispersleben Erfurt.

By the way, during the renovation phase in 2016, the whole thing looks like this:

The Gera am Park old thermal power plant with newly laid loop Gispersleben 2016

Which brings us on the way into the area's past.

Old Gispersleben thermal power plant with St Kiliani Church in 2015.

Here we see the former administrative wing of the Gispersleben thermal power plant. On the right is the Kiliani Church.

At the beginning of the 20th century, one of the first electricity plants in the Erfurt area was built on the site of today's park. The basis for this is the conversion of a traditional mill to generate electricity. An early start-up, so to speak, that produces and supplies a new product: electricity.

Memories

After numerous expansions, the plant, which had grown from a mill to a large power plant over the decades, was shut down in 1996. The final demolition will take place in 2016.

Demolition of the Gispersleben thermal power plant on March 2, 2016 in Erfurt.

Then the conversion to the “park at the former thermal power plant” begins, which already took shape in 2017:

Aerial view of the park at the former Erfurt Gispersleben thermal power plant 2017.

The traces of the past have largely disappeared, but a few clues to the former function of the site have been preserved. The Mühlgraben still borders today

Mühlgraben Gispersleben with bridge to the park.

the site to the west and leads to the site of the mill, which becomes the power station and then disappears. There are also a few pipelines on the Geraradweg,

District heating pipes lead over the Geraradweg in Erfurt Gispersleben.

that somehow remind you of the past.

Demolition begins at the Erfurt Gispersleben thermal power plant. Photo from November 12, 2015.

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