Rieterpark

[1] In the 19th century it was bought by the German merchant Otto Wesendonck in an independent municipality near Zurich.

[2] In 1871, the Wesendoncks eventually sold the mansion to the industrialist Rieter family along with the park grounds.

In 1887 Fritz Rieter further extended the property, with farm buildings and an orangery created by Adolf Brunner.

In 1945, after a referendum on the matter, the city of Zurich bought a 68,000 m2 large area of Rieterpark and Villa Wesendonck for 2.9 million francs from the Rieter family.

Baron Eduard von der Heydt of the City of Zurich, donated and led to the establishment of the Rietberg Museum in 1952.