Playgrounds

As a service provider for the city of Jena, the ksj is responsible for the safety, maintenance and care of 75 municipal playgrounds, play areas and football pitches.

Children have to play!

Fun and enjoyment promote children's abilities, but social and motor skills are also supported. Those who play in a self-determined way accept challenges and thus strengthen their will and resolve. We take these requirements into account when planning and equipping our playgrounds.

We try to create inclusive play areas with play equipment that can be used by as many different children as possible. The aim is for everyone to be able to play together on an equal footing, help each other and learn with and from each other.

Am alten Gaswerk 7a
(Postanschrift: Löbstedter Str. 68)
07749 Jena
Germany

Phone

03641 4989-395

E-Mail

spielplatz-ksj@jena.de

Jenzigweg playground with play equipment

©ksj

Duty of care for playgrounds

Our tasks include

regular visual and wear and tear inspections of all public playgrounds
- Function of moving and fixed parts
- Soiling, rotting/corrosion
- Vandalism damage
- Sand heights and safety distances
- Fall protection areas
- Wear test on parts (e.g. chains, bearings, screws)
- Stability test of the equipment through load tests
- Initiation of appropriate measures in the event of danger, blocking of equipment
Equipment repairs and replacement
Cleaning and maintenance of playgrounds (including sand cleaning)
Participation in the planning of playgrounds (urban development/urban planning department, youth welfare planning)