Lantz Manor

Lantz'scher Park is a 14.5-hectare green space in the Lohausen district of Düsseldorf.

In 1804, Heinrich Balthasar Lantz acquired the knight's seat of Lohausen from Ferdinand Freiherr von Calcum, known as Lohausen. Presumably in 1805–1806, the Lantz family's manor house was built on the foundations of the old moated castle. In 1878–1879, the Lantz family's burial chapel was built.

The park was developed in three chronological sections. The central part originated from an old forest parcel, which was already marked on a map from 1702 ("Siege of Kaiserswerth" 1702, lithograph by Bouffard, from: Lamigue, Histoire du Prince d'Orange et de Nassau, Leeuwarden 1715, copper engraving, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Inventory IV 284). The park area in the front around the manor house was created according to a plan by Joseph Clemens Weyhe from 1858 in the style of an English landscape garden. The rear part of the park around the chapel was planned by Julius Bouché in 1880 in the Historicist style. In 1944, a bunker for the Gauleiter of Düsseldorf and Reich Defense Commissioner Friedrich Karl Florian was built in the park. In 1945, the park, especially the Bouché section, was severely damaged by artillery fire.

The Lantz family inhabited the estate for five generations. In 1972, the city of Düsseldorf bought the estate and park along with surrounding lands. On former estate areas adjacent to the park, the A 44 motorway, an allotment garden complex, and sports facilities were built. From 1974–1978, a partial renovation of the park was carried out based on the park maintenance plan by Franz Joseph Greub. Since 1978, the park has been publicly accessible.

The gallery owner Alfred Schmela (1918–1980) moved into the manor house in 1979 and established his sculpture park. In 2009, four modern artworks were still in the park:

• Kenneth Capps: "Attic", 1974/1975 (railway sleepers, steel beams)
• Michael Gitlin: untitled (two-part), approx. 1975 (Corten steel)
• Erwin Heerich: untitled, approx. 1975 (aluminum)
• Meuser: "Doofe Kiste" (Dumb Box), 2002 (steel, oil paint)