The park’s main entrance, flanked by Japanese cherry trees, and the rectangular lawns with long herbaceous borders, culminate in an oval water basin, in the middle of which is a sculpture of the “Water Carrier” by the sculptor Bernhard Sopher. He was a member of the circle of artists known as “Junges Rheinland”, at the centre of which was the legendary patroness and gallery owner Johanna Ey (1864–1947).
In 1925 the artist created the life-size “Water Carrier”, which depicts a naked Nubian carrying a vessel on her head. To the south of the middle of the garden is a small flower garden with seasonally changing flowers. The longest and most open part of the Rheingärtchen is the observation terrace high up above the Rhine. The Rheinpark begins to the north of the Rheinterrasse (Rhine Terrace).
The Rheingärtchen was created in 1927/28 based on designs by the then garden director Walter von Engelhardt and the city garden architect Johann Heinrich Küchler. Engelhardt wanted the Rheingärtchen to be a place of peace and relaxation with a design reminiscent of a comfortable private garden, and not a mere “front garden” for the representative, public buildings.
