List of parks and gardens in Hamburg

List of parks and gardens in the Free and Hanseatic 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.

Altona Balkon, overlooking Hamburg Harbour at a height of 27 m (89 ft) above the Elbe.
Lohsepark, one of the new inner city urban parks developed within the new HafenCity district.
Jenisch Park, one of Hamburg's many 18th-century English landscape parks along Elbchaussee.
Sternschanzenpark, with the iconic Schanzenturm (de).
name area[1][2] est.[Note 1] location[Note 2] notes
Alster Park[Note 3]169.0 ha1680 (1952)several districts
The Alstervorland on the lake's western shore.
Alter Elbpark4.2 ha1869Neustadt
Altona Balkon ("Balcony")5.4 ha1638 (1952)Altona-Altstadt
Altona Volkspark205.0 ha1918Bahrenfeld
Amsinckpark5.7 ha1868 (1956)Lokstedt
Antonipark (Park Fiction)0.8 ha2002St. Pauli
Astronomiepark1912Bergedorf
BallinPark3.1 ha2007Veddel
Baur's Park8.7 ha1810 (1927)Blankenesedesigned by French landscape architect Joseph-Jacques Ramée
Baur's Park in 1810
Bergedorf Rathauspark1.5 haBergedorf
Bergedorf Schlosspark5.0 ha1805 (1896)Bergedorf
Berner Gutspark7.2 ha1880Farmsen-Berne
Blohm's Park4.0 ha1875 (1934)Horn
Bolívarpark1.1 haHarvestehude
City-Nord-Park13.8 ha1965Winterhude
Donner's Park4.3 ha1676 (1984)Ottensen
Domplatz0.5 ha2009Altstadt
Eichtalpark8.5 ha1830 (1926)Wandsbek
Eimsbüttel Park1.9 ha1875Eimsbüttel
Eppendorfer Park8.0 ha1890Eppendorf
Gorch-Fock-Park2.6 haFinkenwerder
Große Wallanlagen1869Neustadt
Gustav-Mahler-Park1869Rotherbaum
Goßler's Park8.4 ha1795 (1924)Blankenese
Hamburg Stadtpark148.0 ha1914Winterhude
Hammer Park15.9 ha1773 (1914)Hamm
Harburg Schlosspark1.5 ha2013Harburg
Harburg Stadtpark90.0 ha1913 (1926)Harburg
Hans-Christian-Andersen-Park14.7 ha2009Osdorf
Hayn's Park4.8 ha1873 (1931)Eppendorf
Heine Park3.4 ha1790 (1984)Ottensen
Henneberg Park3.2 ha1855 (1930)Poppenbüttel
Hesse Park3.8 ha1799 (1926)Blankenese
Hindenburg-Park1827 (1927)Othmarschen
Hirschpark24.5 ha1620 (1927)Blankenese
Horner Park6.0 ha1909Horn
Innocentiapark4.5 ha1884Harvestehude
Jacobi Park6.0 ha1954Eilbek
Jenfeld Moorpark5.0 ha2003Jenfeld
Jenisch Park42.0 ha1785 (1927)Othmarschen
Kellinghusenpark2.3 ha1842 (1929)Eppendorf
Kleine Wallanlagen1869Neustadt
Lindenpark2.0 ha2003Eimsbüttel
Lise-Meitner-Park14.3 ha1975Nienstedten
LohbekparkLokstedt
Lohsepark4.2 ha2018HafenCity
LunaparkAltona-Nord
Lutherpark8.4 ha2003Bahrenfeld
Moorweide4.3 haRotherbaum
Reclining Figure by Henry Moore (1979)
Neuer Elbpark Entenwerder16.0 ha1997Rothenburgsort
Ohlendorff's Park1.7 ha1878 (1928)Volksdorf
Öjendorfer Park140.0 ha1968Billstedt
Planten un Blomen47.0 ha1821Neustadt
Rüschpark21.0 ha1996Finkenwerder
Saseler Park2.1 ha1830 (1962)Sasel
Schinckel's Park7.0 ha1850 (1937)Blankenese
Schleidenpark1.3 ha1904Barmbek-Süd
Schwarzenbergpark16.0 ha1904Heimfeld
Seelemannpark0.7 haEppendorf
Sternschanzenpark12.0 ha1866Sternschanze
Sven-Simon-Park5.4 ha1952 (1980)Blankenese
Thörl's Park5.0 haHamm
Von-Eicken-Park2.3 ha1819 (1899)Lokstedt
Wacholderpark1.0 ha1910Fuhlsbüttel
Wehber's Park2.0 ha1852 (1926)Eimsbüttel
Wilhelmsburg Inselpark100.0 ha2013Wilhelmsburg
Legend:   Alster park   Elbe park   Wallanlagen park

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.

Italianized Römischer Garten
Altona Dahliengarten
Hammer Park's Topiary Garden
Wilhelmsburg Inselpark
name area[1][2] est.[Note 1] location[Note 2] notes
Altona Dahliengarten1.5 ha1920BahrenfeldEurope's oldest dahlia garden, features ca. 850 dahlia species
Altona Rosengarten4.5 ha1793 (1890)Ottensen
ApothekergartenNeustadt
Arboretum Lohbrügge10.0 ha1965Lohbrügge
Botanical Garden (Old)1821Neustadt
Botanical Garden (New)24.0 ha1979OsdorfLoki-Schmidt-Garten since 2012
Botanischer Sondergarten5.5 ha1926 (1956)Wandsbek
Garten de l'Aigle0.8 ha1888Eppendorf
Hamm Kräutergarten1986Hamm
Hamm Rosengarten1957Hamm
Harburg Schulgarten8.5 ha1931Harburg
Japanischer Garten1988NeustadtEurope's largest garden of its kind, designed by Japanese landscape architect Yoshikuni Araki
Planten un Blomen[Note 4]47.0 ha1821Neustadt
Römischer Garten0.7 ha1890 (1951)Blankenese
Rosa-Luxemburg-Garten1926Eimsbüttel
Rosengarten0.5 ha1993Neustadtfeatures ca. 300 rose species
Volksdorf Bauerngarten1969Volksdorfpart of Volksdorf open-air museum
Wilhelmsburg Rosenboulevard0.3 ha2013Wilhelmsburg
Legend:   Alster park resp. garden   Elbe park resp. garden   Wallanlagen park resp. garden

Photo impressions of Hamburg gardens:

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Creation or opening date. If two dates are given the first date is for a preceding park or garden.
  2. 1 2 Hamburg district.
  3. The area given for Alsterpark includes the Außenalster's water surface area; the land area alone is somewhat around 5.0 ha.
  4. The area given for Planten un Blomen includes Alter Botanischer Garten, Japanischer Garten and Rosengarten.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hamburger Parkanlagen". hamburg.de (in German). Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Parks und Gartenanlagen in Hamburg und Umgebung". laurustico.de (in German). Laurustico, Club für Gartenfreunde. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  • Media related to Gardens and parks in Hamburg at Wikimedia Commons
  • Blankau, Jutta. "Hamburgs Grün zwischen Tradition und Trends". hamburg.de (in German). Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Retrieved 23 June 2015. (in German)
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