May 1957. Before the decrease in size due to the expansion of the Rotteckring in 1962, the park covered an area of 1.5 hectare and today it covers an area of 1.3 hectare. Today, the park is used for art exhibitions as well as cultural programmes and it includes a vineyard trail. Alongside a female statue there is the Schneckenreiter Fountain. Its statue was designed by Konrad Taucher (1873–1950), a sculptor from Karlsruhe, and cast by the company Paul Stotz in Stuttgart. The Münsterbauverein in Freiburg purchased the art piece at the anniversary exhibition for arts and applied arts in Karlsuhe and handed it over to the city. A 1978 steel sculpture by Manfred Dörner was installed in the south-eastern part of the park in 2006. The sculpture originally stood in a row of chestnut trees in front of the Black Monastery. Schneckenreiter Fountain (Konrad Taucher, 1906) Steel Sculpture (Manfred Dörner, 1978) Statue of a Woman The park has been used as a cruising area by the gay scene. Not least because of its proximity to the central station it is a hot spot of the drug scene in Freiburg. Despite residents seeking legal action at the Freiburg administrative court, a space to safely take drugs was opened in the Rosastrasse. From 1998 to 2014 from November to January there was a Spiegeltent above the fountain in front of the schlössle, serving as the venue for dinner theatre every night, featuring a variety show. In 2017, residents founded an initiative to revitalise the park which had acquired a bad reputation due to muggings. Among other measures, it was planned to demolish a wall on the east side of the park and replace it with an only half as high wall for sitting and resting. The lawn is supposed to be reshaped and is intended for people to rest on. These constructions are supposed to be finished by the end of 2017. The construction on the Rotteckring as part of the tram construction works are set to be finished by mid-2018. Bibliography Joseph L. Wohleb: Aus der Geschichte des Colombischlößles und der Familie Colombi. In: Schau-ins-Land 70, 1951/52, S. 100–119 (Digitalisat). William von Schröder: Neue Kunde über die Besitzer des Freiburger Colombi-Schlößles. In: Schau-ins-Land 73, 1955, S. 122–128 (Digitalisat). Gitta Reinhardt-Fehrenbach: Denkmalporträt: Quo vadis Colombi-Schlössle? In: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg. Nachrichtenblatt des Landesdenkmalamtes, 3/2003, S. 275–276 (Digitalisat). Hilde Hiller: 20 Jahre Museum