List of parks and gardens in Hamburg explained

List of parks and gardens in the German city of Hamburg.

Hamburg is one of Europe's greenest metropolises, with parks and gardens alone making up eight percent of the city's land area,[1] [2] in addition to even larger percentages for nature reserves and agricultural land areas. In 2011, the city was voted "European Green Capital", in 2013 Hamburg hosted the International Garden Show (IGS) on the island of Wilhelmsburg.

Lists

Public parks

List of public urban parks in Hamburg. The list does not include protected areas such as forests or nature reserves, nor Hamburg's many park-like cemeteries.

Name Area[3] Location[4] notes
Alster Park[5] 1680 (1952)
Alter Elbpark 1869
Altona Balkon ("Balcony") 1638 (1952)
1918
Amsinckpark 1868 (1956)
Antonipark (Park Fiction) 2002
1912
2007
1810 (1927)
Bergedorf Rathauspark
Bergedorf Schlosspark 1805 (1896)
Berner Gutspark 1880
Blohm's Park 1875 (1934)
Bolívarpark
City-Nord-Park 1965
Donner's Park 1676 (1984)
Domplatz 2009
1830 (1926)
Eimsbüttel Park 1875
Eppendorfer Park 1890
Gorch-Fock-Park
1869
Gustav-Mahler-Park 1869
1795 (1924)
1914
1773 (1914)
Harburg Schlosspark 2013
1913 (1926)
Hans-Christian-Andersen-Park 2009
Hayn's Park 1873 (1931)
Heine Park 1790 (1984)
Henneberg Park 1855 (1930)
Hesse Park 1799 (1926)
Hindenburg-Park 1827 (1927)
Hirschpark 1620 (1927)
Horner Park 1909
Innocentiapark 1884
Jacobi Park 1954
Jenfeld Moorpark 2003
1785 (1927)
Kellinghusenpark 1842 (1929)
1869
Lindenpark 2003
Lise-Meitner-Park 1975
Lohbekpark
Lohsepark 2018
Lutherpark 2003
Moorweide
Neuer Elbpark Entenwerder 1997
Ohlendorff's Park 1878 (1928)
1968
1821
Rüschpark 1996
Saseler Park 1830 (1962)
Schinckel's Park 1850 (1937)
Schleidenpark 1904
Schwarzenbergpark 1904
Seelemannpark
Sternschanzenpark 1866
Sven-Simon-Park 1952 (1980)
Thörl's Park
Von-Eicken-Park 1819 (1899)
Wacholderpark 1910
Wehber's Park 1852 (1926)
2013

Legend:

Photo impressions of Hamburg parks:

Public gardens

List of public gardens in Hamburg. In some cases, a strict distinction between park or garden may be difficult.

name area[6] location[7] notes
1920 Europe's oldest dahlia garden, features ca. 850 dahlia species
Altona Rosengarten 1793 (1890)
Apothekergarten
1965
1821
Botanical Garden (New) 1979 Loki-Schmidt-Garten since 2012
1926 (1956)
Garten de l'Aigle 1888
Hamm Kräutergarten 1986
Hamm Rosengarten 1957
Harburg Schulgarten 1931
Japanischer Garten 1988
Planten un Blomen[8] 1821
Römischer Garten 1890 (1951)
Rosa-Luxemburg-Garten 1926
Rosengarten 1993 features ca. 300 rose species
Volksdorf Bauerngarten 1969 part of Volksdorf open-air museum
Wilhelmsburg Rosenboulevard 2013

Legend:

Photo impressions of Hamburg gardens:

See also

Notes

  1. Web site: Hamburger Parkanlagen. hamburg.de. Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. de. 23 June 2015.
  2. Web site: Parks und Gartenanlagen in Hamburg und Umgebung. laurustico.de. Laurustico, Club für Gartenfreunde. de. 23 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150623150417/http://www.laurustico.de/hamburg-park.html. 23 June 2015. dead.
  3. Creation or opening date. If two dates are given the first date is for a preceding park or garden.
  4. [Boroughs and quarters of Hamburg|Hamburg district]
  5. The area given for Alsterpark includes the Außenalster's water surface area; the land area alone is somewhat around 5.0 ha.
  6. Creation or opening date. If two dates are given the first date is for a preceding park or garden.
  7. [Boroughs and quarters of Hamburg|Hamburg district]
  8. The area given for Planten un Blomen includes Alter Botanischer Garten, Japanischer Garten and Rosengarten.

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