The rare trees
Sequoia and magnolia among the Rhineland's largest.
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For a visitor with two days in Cologne, no. The cathedral, the museums, the old town and the Rheinauhafen have a clearly better claim on your time. But it is a good option on a longer stay for anyone wanting a quiet green space entirely away from crowds — or for anyone specifically interested in rare trees, since its collection is exceptional for this region.
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Stammheim Palace Park is a historic garden on the eastern bank of the Rhine north of Cologne, and its story is one of absence: the palace that gave it its name no longer exists. Built in the seventeenth century for the noble Fürstenberg-Stammheim family, it was destroyed in the Second World War and its ruins cleared in the 1950s. What remains is the park itself, and that is the real value: laid out in the nineteenth century in the free English manner with rare trees brought from around the world — sequoia, magnolia and species not normally planted in this region. Some of these trees are over a century and a half old and among the largest examples in the Rhineland. The park today belongs to the city and is free and open, holding a small surviving church from the palace complex and an open-air stage used for summer events. The place is entirely quiet and well off visitor routes, used by residents of the northern districts for walking — and its outlook over the Rhine is among the finest in the area.
Sequoia and magnolia among the Rhineland's largest.
A quiet bank far off the visitor routes.
Schlosspark Stammheim, 51061 Cologne