Mølleparken

Mølleparken

Mølleparken with Snake sculpture and ARoS in the background.
Type Urban park
Location Aarhus, Denmark
Coordinates 56°09′22″N 10°12′01″E / 56.15611°N 10.20028°E / 56.15611; 10.20028Coordinates: 56°09′22″N 10°12′01″E / 56.15611°N 10.20028°E / 56.15611; 10.20028
Created 1926[1]
Owned by Aarhus Municipality

Mølleparken (Lit. The Mill Park) is a park in the city of Aarhus located in Midtbyen. Mølleparken was constructed in 1926 where the, by then obsolete, mills of the city had been situated by the river since 1289. Today the park lies by the Aarhus River and the ARoS Art Museum and functions as a section of a pedestrian arterial from ARoS to the Latin Quarter.[2]

The park contained the entrance to the city library until summer 2015, when Dokk1 (Urban Mediaspace) opened at the harbour front. Eleven busts of notable Danish authors line the northern section of the park, namely Steen Steensen Blicher, Marie Bregendahl, J. P. Jacobsen, Johannes V. Jensen, Jakob Knudsen, Thøger Larsen, Jacob Paludan, Henrik Pontoppidan, Johan Skjoldborg, Harry Søiberg and Jeppe Aakjær.

In 2014, the tall moving metal sculpture Snake by Phil Price was placed in the park. The city council bought the sculpture after it received the highest rating from guests at the Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus 2013 art festival in Tangkrogen.[3][4]

History

In 1289 Valdemar II (Valdemar Sejr) built the first mill in the city by the river. The area was expanded with several small mills and an open area in conjunction with them were maintained up to the 17th century when it was substantially expanded with a garden. The mill was demolished in 1903 and in 1926 the area became publicly owned and shortly thereafter the park was inaugurated.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mølleparken" (in Danish). Aarhus University. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Mølleparken" (in Danish). Aarhus Municipality. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ny Skulptur i Mølleparken" (in Danish). Sculpture by the Sea. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Slange i Mølleparken" (in Danish). Århus Stiftstidende. Retrieved 4 August 2014.

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