Stelzendorf playground becomes a natural play landscape
Start of construction for restoration on 9 October
Construction work to restore the playground in Stelzendorf begins on Monday, 9 October. After multiple consultations with parents from Stelzendorf, the Citizens' Platform West and various city councillors, the reconstruction will begin as a natural play landscape.
The result will be a landscape that encourages free play and blends in with the grounds, which are surrounded by beautiful mature trees. In future, a curved path made of wood chippings will provide access to the small playground from the existing driveway to the planned sandpit. In addition to an open area with shrubs and small mounds of grass, which resembles a forest clearing, a horse seesaw and a double bar are to be installed.
In addition, wooden logs integrated into the mounds invite children to climb and balance. A 1.20 metre high play hill, which can be conquered both above and below ground via a crawl tunnel, will adjoin the sandpit, which will be surrounded by natural logs and boulders.
Various shrubs for playing hide-and-seek or as a place of retreat, as well as two benches and a litter bin, round off the design, which is intended to offer the children a variety of play options.
The construction costs, including the tree maintenance work already carried out, are around 50,000 euros. In order to be able to realise the construction project as quickly as possible, additional funds were made available by the city council in 2023. The work will be carried out by Grünbau Bad Schlema GmbH.