Kaiserslautern.Garden city between the football hill and Volkspark
Rectangular wooden city map made from oiled oak – two layers with a black back plate and frame.
About the product
Kaiserslautern's gardens and elevated stadium shape a varied urban composition. On wood, the Japanese Garden and Gartenschau connect with Fritz-Walter-Stadion and the eastern Volkspark. The inhabited street pattern unfolds between these places. Their different open spaces give the city room to breathe, bringing garden culture, football tradition and everyday routes together within one balanced view of the urban landscape.
What does the map show?
- Japanese Garden
- Western Gartenschau
- Elevated Fritz-Walter-Stadion
- Eastern Volkspark
- Precisely cut and engraved
- Fine laser details with clear depth
- Carefully inspected and securely packed
- Handmade in Germany
Configuration
Shape: Rectangular · Design: Framed · Material: Oak · Sizes: 20 × 30 cm, 35 × 50 cm, 50 × 70 cm
The configuration shown in the cart and at the time of ordering is authoritative. The preview is not a dimensioned technical drawing.
Availability & production
- Availability
- Made to order
- Production time
- Ships in 3-5 business days
Production starts after successful payment and complete product configuration.
Materials & care
Depending on the variant, lacquered or oiled MDF or oiled real-wood veneer on MDF; optional stainless-steel mounting screws. Acrylic lacquer spray, hard-wax oil and white glue are used in production.
Wood is a natural material. Grain and color may vary slightly from the product images.
Clean with a dry, soft cloth and protect from prolonged moisture and direct heat.
Included & installation
The selected product in the ordered configuration, securely packed and prepared for installation.
- Maximum dimensions 50 × 70 cm and maximum product weight 2 kg.
- Wall-fixing screws and wall plugs are not included. Use fixings suitable for the wall type, substrate and product weight.
- Installation must be carried out by an adult. Keep optional mounting screws and other small parts away from children until installation.
Shipping & returns
Securely packed shipping. Return and cancellation information is available in the legal section.
Shipping costs and delivery options depend on the destination and format. The published cancellation right applies to non-personalised standard goods; it may be excluded for individually made products.
Manufacturer & product identifier
- Manufacturer
- Benjamin Nöst - Lightworks
Rorichmoorer Str. 76
26802 Moormerland, Deutschland
kontakt@lightworks.de - Product identifier
- LW-CAT-BB1E18F02D05-S, LW-CAT-BB1E18F02D05-M, LW-CAT-BB1E18F02D05-L
Together with the order or production batch, the relevant SKU enables traceability. Safety questions and incidents can be reported to the email address shown above.
Product safety
- Decorative product for dry indoor use only; not a toy and not intended for children.
- Protect from moisture, high heat and open flames.
- Do not continue to hang the product after a fall, breakage or visible damage. Keep damaged parts away from children.
Kaiserslautern through garden calm and football history
Kaiserslautern has public spaces with very different characters. The Japanese Garden offers carefully designed calm, while Fritz-Walter-Stadion represents football history and shared experience. Gartenschau and Volkspark reveal further aspects of the city. Residential neighbourhoods connect these places, making their contrasts as significant as their relationship within the wider urban setting.
A garden with a distinct language
The Japanese Garden opened in 2000 and relates to Kaiserslautern's connections with Japan. The city describes a design in which water, stones, plants and paths interact deliberately. Trees from an older park setting were also incorporated. This is consequently more than an interchangeable green area. It encourages close attention to the surroundings and to relationships between individual elements. Its location near central neighbourhoods brings this particular garden culture into daily urban life. Calm does not require a distant escape here; it comes through a change of attention within the same city, with carefully arranged surroundings offering a different way to experience an ordinary day.
Another open setting to the west
Gartenschau lies west of the Japanese Garden and adds a further public landscape for greenery and recreation. Their proximity shows how both belong to a shared urban setting, yet their atmospheres and approaches to design differ. Gartenschau opens a broader western area, while the Japanese Garden places greater emphasis on the precise relationship between elements. Streets and inhabited neighbourhoods remain present between these sites and along their edges. Kaiserslautern therefore offers several ways to spend time outdoors within the city itself. Green space is not one uniform subject: it develops a different character in each place and supports different kinds of public experience.
Football above the neighbourhoods
Fritz-Walter-Stadion occupies a hill south of the centre. The municipal account connects it with the history of the local football club and with the player after whom it is named. The location explains an important part of its urban impact: a large collective setting stands above everyday streets while remaining closely linked to them. Its meaning extends beyond the building because many people associate it with matches and shared memories. It offers a counterpart to garden calm within the city's character. Kaiserslautern accommodates focused quiet and widely shared emotion in separate surroundings that nevertheless remain connected through the geography of the inhabited city.
Volkspark and the eastern city
Volkspark stands east of the central gardens and stadium. It adds another recreation space and draws attention across the residential neighbourhoods between them. This eastern position prevents Kaiserslautern's open spaces from being identified only with its better-known western garden destinations. The four references together reveal different directions and moods within one city. Between detailed garden paths, broader recreation grounds and the football hill, everyday residential streets provide a common connection. Considering these places together presents Kaiserslautern as an inhabited cultural and recreational city. Its identity grows through contrasts, but those contrasts have specific locations that people can encounter through the routes and neighbourhoods of ordinary urban life.
Sources
- Japanischer Garten - Stadt Kaiserslautern — https://www.kaiserslautern.de/tourismus_freizeit_kultur/tourismus/sehenswertes/gaerten_und_parks/japanischer_garten/index.html.de
- Fritz-Walter-Stadion - Stadt Kaiserslautern — https://www.kaiserslautern.de/tourismus_freizeit_kultur/tourismus/sehenswertes/bauten_denkmaeler_brunnen/fritz_walter_stadion/index.html.de
- Japanischer Garten Kaiserslautern e.V.: Start — https://www.japanischergarten.de/
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