Karl Bittel Park
The Karl Bittel Park, known locally as the “Pfrimmpark”, was created in 1898 in the style of an English park, is in Worms-Hochheim and Worms-Pfiffligheim between Rietschelstrasse, Parkstrasse and Nievergoltstrasse. It follows the course of the Pfrimm and has a number of bridges across this stream.
From games and sports to St. James pilgrimage
Based on plans by Karl Völzing, the Pfrimmpark was the work of the gardener Ignatz Racing and is in the style of an English park with a large number of trees and two bridges. Created between 1896 and 1898, the park was commissioned by Karl Bittel (1841-1911) and named after him in 1932.
Today, the park has a large playground and an area for ball games as well as a number of paths and cycle routes, some of which lead out of the park and along the Pfrimm to Worms-Pfeddersheim or Worms-Neuhausen. You will sometimes see anglers competing with herons for fish or hikers passing through the park on a pilgrimage route (part of the Camino de Santiago) that follows the course of the Pfrimm here.
Mausoleum
The mausoleum, designed as a round temple, was designated by Karl Bittel for himself and his family as an urn burial site.
Ochsenklavier
After the Karl Bittel Park was created in 1898, a unique stone ashlar ford was created in the riverbed of the Pfrimm, directly below the Pfiffligheim weir, between the then still independent communities of Pfiffligheim and Hochheim (now districts of Worms).
At low tide, the stepping stones of the so-called "Ochsenklavier" lying in the river form an inviting connecting footbridge through the Pfrimm.
Address & location
Worms-Hochheim, zwischen Park- und Nievergoltstraße