Grüne-Soße-Denkmal
In Frankfurt’s Oberrad district, the Grüne-Soße-Denkmal honours the city’s traditional cold green sauce, locally called Grie Soß. Seven small polycarbonate greenhouses form its distinctive shape. Each greenhouse carries a different green tint linked to one herb in the recipe.
Olga Schulz created the monument, connecting local culinary tradition with Oberrad’s cultivated herb fields. Those fields have grown herbs since the nineteenth century. Parsley, chives, cress, sorrel, borage, chervil, and burnet make up the seven featured ingredients. The sauce is typically prepared with dairy products. Frankfurter Grüne Soße has held protected geographical indication since 2016.
At dusk, illumination makes the seven greenhouses glow above the surrounding herb-growing landscape. The setting also lies along Frankfurt’s Green Belt route. Around the monument, the fields show the plants behind one of the city’s most distinctive culinary traditions.
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