The Kulturpark am Schlachthof near Wiesbaden's main train station is not only a popular meeting place for young people and families, it is also part of a green axis and aisle of fresh air, which is important for bearable temperatures in the city center, especially in summer.

On Saturday afternoon, Head of the Environment Department Andreas Kowol (Die Grünen) presented the new attractions in the southern part of the Kulturpark, which have been finished for a while but have not yet been released due to the corona restrictions.

3.4 million euros have been invested since 2014 to create the cultural park from a wasteland.

On Friday evening alone, around 800 Wiesbaden residents were on the site to spend their free time there.

"That's an order of magnitude that makes us proud when you see what came out of this non-place," said Kowol.

In addition to the Reisinger parks, the Kurpark, the Warmer Damm and the Salzbachtalaue, which is even more to the south, the southern culture park is part of the aforementioned green axis, which, according to Kowol, "ventilates" the city.

Gabriele Wolter, Head of the Parks Office, announced that the areas will be irrigated so that this also works in the dry and hot summers that are to be expected in the future and the meadows remain green.

Only green areas, she pointed out, have a positive effect on the urban climate.

The park also serves to enable city dwellers of all ages to spend a relaxing and entertaining stay in the fresh air.

There are two electric grill stations imported from Australia, sprayers can romp on purpose-built walls, skaters and BMX riders roam a pump track, and lounge chairs and other equipment create an inviting atmosphere.

Around the slaughterhouse building there are places where mainly young people can let off steam.

The neighboring skating hall, the Murnau Theater and the creative factory also enhance the approximately 3.4 hectare area.

As part of the "Growth and Sustainable Renewal - Stadtgrün Wiesbaden" funding program, the park is consequently getting bigger and bigger.

Kowol can imagine that the parking spaces in the rear southern part will be eliminated and a multi-storey car park will be built nearby.

The large car park in the northern part near the slaughterhouse building could also be used for other purposes, but alternative spaces would have to be created for this.

The Head of Traffic can imagine them in the Liliencarré's large multi-storey car park, but restricts that they are needed there for retail.

Above all, the Eswe buses parked by the mobility service provider would have to find another location.

Regardless of these plans, there are specific projects that are intended to make the culture park more attractive.

The construction of a multi-purpose hall with toilets is to start before the end of this year.

A skate park is planned for 2024, and a streetball court is also planned for this year.

In addition, there are more barriers in the direction of the railway tracks so that nobody walks around there, and the planting of different tree species in the interests of biodiversity continues.

"I'm a gardener and I love this job," said Wolter to the 40 or so guests before the opening ceremony began, and added: "We need green so that we feel good."