Vaihingen's community gardens

A guided tour with Andreas Schuller Old Vaihingen has much more to offer than walls, towers, and half-timbered houses. Just outside the gates of the medieval town, a special and multifaceted cultural landscape developed over many centuries: the Vaihingen community gardens. These gardens close to the town not only shaped the landscape, but also played an important role in supplying the population. The guided tour deals in detail with the former city garden in the Egelsee area and the historical development of the Köpfwiesen. It highlights the importance of the gardens outside the actual city fortifications for everyday life. Who used these areas, who owned them, and what social differences are reflected in their use? Who could afford to cultivate a garden in the Köpfwiesen, and what function did these gardens serve in times of scarce resources? Natural influences such as flooding and their impact on the use of the land are also discussed. Traces that are still visible today reveal the former layout of the gardens. This special search for clues with Andreas Schuller opens up new perspectives on the history of Vaihingen and invites you to see familiar places with new eyes.