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On January 16, 1909, the district committee to Dortmund encouraged the installation of people's gardens with places for popular and youth games and at the same time financial support in view. Two months later, the Sodingen district council took note of this and decided to purchase various plots of land for the construction of a 50-acre Volksgarten on the so-called "Volksgarten". Beimberg in its outstandingly beautiful, high location because of ". The public park should be kept "less than a splendid facility, but as a recreational garden as simple as possible in its forms ... Except playgrounds for the youth and a spacious clay court for the children is only intended for a refreshment hall." While at that time still a cost estimate of about 40,000 Mark stood in the room, it was after completion about 100,000 Mark. The cost increase was significantly higher, partly due to the construction of the restaurant "Zur Waldschenke" instead of the originally planned simple refreshment hall.
