The Rheinpark (meaning: ''Rhine park'') is a 40 hectare (0,4 km²) large urban park along the right bank of the river Rhine in Cologne, Germany. The park lies between the Cologne districts of

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and Mülheim and includes a beach club, an open-air theater (the ''Tanzbrunnen'') and a Roman '' Thermae'' styled public bath (the ''Claudius-Therme''). It was voted Germany's best park in 2007.www.schoenste-parks.de

History

Originally laid out according to plans by landscape architect

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and opened in 1913, the park today mirrors the redesign of the park for the

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in 1957. Major public events in the history of the park were: * Cologne Werkbund Exhibition, 1914 *

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1928 *

1957 * Bundesgartenschau 1971

Venues

*Tanzbrunnen Theater

References

External links

official site
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