The Bürgerpark, formerly the von Staffhorst Manor Park, is located on the eastern outskirts of Hoya. Generations of this noble family, who lived in Hoya for 400 years, designed it and had it planted with exotic trees in the style of an English landscape park. In 1899, the town of Hoya bought the 33,000 square meter park. The depression in the middle of the park is the remains of an old arm of the Weser, which had a natural protective function for the castle of the counts of Hoya and the old town center.
A special feature is also the over 400-year-old silver lime tree, which is said to have been planted in the year of the death of the last count of Hoya (1582). Other traces of history include an erratic boulder, one of the very rare memorial stones in Lower Saxony, which commemorates the Battle of Langensalza in 1866. The war memorials to the victims of the wars of 1870/71, 1914-18 and 1939-45 are intended as a reminder of peace. The so-called stone benches are the remains of a bridge built in 1732, which once crossed the old arm of the Weser at Hasseler Steinweg.
A special feature is also the over 400-year-old silver lime tree, which is said to have been planted in the year of the death of the last count of Hoya (1582). Other traces of history include an erratic boulder, one of the very rare memorial stones in Lower Saxony, which commemorates the Battle of Langensalza in 1866. The war memorials to the victims of the wars of 1870/71, 1914-18 and 1939-45 are intended as a reminder of peace. The so-called stone benches are the remains of a bridge built in 1732, which once crossed the old arm of the Weser at Hasseler Steinweg.
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Bürgerpark Hoya
Hasseler Steinweg
27318 Hoya
