List of parks and gardens in Hamburg

Last updated February 04, 2025

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.

Jenisch Park, one of Hamburg's many 18th-century English landscape parks along Elbchaussee Jenisch-Panorama-1200px.jpg — Jenisch Park, one of Hamburg's many 18th-century English landscape parks along Elbchaussee

Name	Area^[1]^[2]	Est.^{[Note 1]}	Location^{[Note 2]}	notes
Alster Park ^{[Note 3]}	169.0 ha	1680 (1952)	several districts	The Alstervorland on the lake's western shore.
Alter Elbpark	4.2 ha	1869	Neustadt
Altona Balkon ("Balcony")	5.4 ha	1638 (1952)	Altona-Altstadt
Altona Volkspark	205.0 ha	1918	Bahrenfeld
Amsinckpark	5.7 ha	1868 (1956)	Lokstedt
Antonipark (Park Fiction)	0.8 ha	2002	St. Pauli
Astronomiepark		1912	Bergedorf
BallinPark	3.1 ha	2007	Veddel
Baur's Park	8.7 ha	1810 (1927)	Blankenese	designed by French landscape architect Joseph-Jacques Ramée Baur's Park in 1810
Bergedorf Rathauspark	1.5 ha		Bergedorf
Bergedorf Schlosspark	5.0 ha	1805 (1896)	Bergedorf
Berner Gutspark	7.2 ha	1880	Farmsen-Berne
Blohm's Park	4.0 ha	1875 (1934)	Horn
Bolívarpark	1.1 ha		Harvestehude
City-Nord-Park	13.8 ha	1965	Winterhude
Donner's Park	4.3 ha	1676 (1984)	Ottensen
Domplatz	0.5 ha	2009	Altstadt
Eichtalpark	8.5 ha	1830 (1926)	Wandsbek
Eimsbüttel Park	1.9 ha	1875	Eimsbüttel
Eppendorfer Park	8.0 ha	1890	Eppendorf
Gorch-Fock-Park	2.6 ha		Finkenwerder
Große Wallanlagen		1869	Neustadt
Gustav-Mahler-Park		1869	Rotherbaum
Goßler's Park	8.4 ha	1795 (1924)	Blankenese
Hamburg Stadtpark	148.0 ha	1914	Winterhude
Hammer Park	15.9 ha	1773 (1914)	Hamm
Harburg Schlosspark	1.5 ha	2013	Harburg
Harburg Stadtpark	90.0 ha	1913 (1926)	Harburg
Hans-Christian-Andersen-Park	14.7 ha	2009	Osdorf
Hayn's Park	4.8 ha	1873 (1931)	Eppendorf
Heine Park	3.4 ha	1790 (1984)	Ottensen
Henneberg Park	3.2 ha	1855 (1930)	Poppenbüttel
Hesse Park	3.8 ha	1799 (1926)	Blankenese
Hindenburg-Park		1827 (1927)	Othmarschen
Hirschpark	24.5 ha	1620 (1927)	Blankenese
Horner Park	6.0 ha	1909	Horn
Innocentiapark	4.5 ha	1884	Harvestehude
Jacobi Park	6.0 ha	1954	Eilbek
Jenfeld Moorpark	5.0 ha	2003	Jenfeld
Jenisch Park	42.0 ha	1785 (1927)	Othmarschen
Kellinghusenpark	2.3 ha	1842 (1929)	Eppendorf
Kleine Wallanlagen		1869	Neustadt
Lindenpark	2.0 ha	2003	Eimsbüttel
Lise-Meitner-Park	14.3 ha	1975	Bahrenfeld
Lohbekpark			Lokstedt
Lohsepark	4.2 ha	2018	HafenCity
Luna Park			Altona-Nord
Lutherpark	8.4 ha	2003	Bahrenfeld
Moorweide	4.3 ha		Rotherbaum	Reclining Figure by Henry Moore (1979)
Neuer Elbpark Entenwerder	16.0 ha	1997	Rothenburgsort
Ohlendorff's Park	1.7 ha	1878 (1928)	Volksdorf
Öjendorfer Park	140.0 ha	1968	Billstedt
Planten un Blomen	47.0 ha	1821	Neustadt
Rüschpark	21.0 ha	1996	Finkenwerder
Saseler Park	2.1 ha	1830 (1962)	Sasel
Schinckel's Park	7.0 ha	1850 (1937)	Blankenese
Schleidenpark	1.3 ha	1904	Barmbek-Süd
Schwarzenbergpark	16.0 ha	1904	Heimfeld
Seelemannpark	0.7 ha		Eppendorf
Sternschanzenpark	12.0 ha	1866	Sternschanze
Sven-Simon-Park	5.4 ha	1952 (1980)	Blankenese
Thörl's Park	5.0 ha		Hamm
Von-Eicken-Park	2.3 ha	1819 (1899)	Lokstedt
Wacholderpark	1.0 ha	1910	Fuhlsbüttel
Wehber's Park	2.0 ha	1852 (1926)	Eimsbüttel
Wilhelmsburg Inselpark	100.0 ha	2013	Wilhelmsburg

Legend: Alster park Elbe park Wallanlagen park

Photo impressions of Hamburg parks:

Hirschpark
Alsterpark
Stadtpark
Volkspark
Eimsbüttel Park

Public gardens

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

name	area^[1]^[2]	est.^{[Note 1]}	location^{[Note 2]}	notes
Altona Dahliengarten	1.5 ha	1920	Bahrenfeld	Europe's oldest dahlia garden, features ca. 850 dahlia species
Altona Rosengarten	4.5 ha	1793 (1890)	Ottensen
Apothekergarten			Neustadt
Arboretum Lohbrügge	10.0 ha	1965	Lohbrügge
Botanical Garden (Old)		1821	Neustadt
Botanical Garden (New)	24.0 ha	1979	Osdorf	Loki-Schmidt-Garten since 2012
Botanischer Sondergarten	5.5 ha	1926 (1956)	Wandsbek
Garten de l'Aigle	0.8 ha	1888	Eppendorf
Hamm Kräutergarten		1986	Hamm
Hamm Rosengarten		1957	Hamm
Harburg Schulgarten	8.5 ha	1931	Harburg
Japanischer Garten		1988	Neustadt	Europe's largest garden of its kind, designed by Japanese landscape architect Yoshikuni Araki The tea house
Planten un Blomen ^{[Note 4]}	47.0 ha	1821	Neustadt
Römischer Garten	0.7 ha	1890 (1951)	Blankenese
Rosa-Luxemburg-Garten		1926	Eimsbüttel
Rosengarten	0.5 ha	1993	Neustadt	features ca. 300 rose species
Volksdorf Bauerngarten		1969	Volksdorf	part of Volksdorf open-air museum
Wilhelmsburg Rosenboulevard	0.3 ha	2013	Wilhelmsburg

Legend: Alster park resp. garden Elbe park resp. garden Wallanlagen park resp. garden

Photo impressions of Hamburg gardens:

Loki-Schmidt-Garten
Planten un Blomen
Altona Rosengarten

Notes

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

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Außenalster</span> Artificial lake in Hamburg

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jenisch House</span> Country house in Borough of Altona

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The Elbchaussee is a famous thoroughfare of Hamburg, Germany, joining the city's western Elbe suburbs (Elbvororte) Othmarschen, Nienstedten and Blankenese with Altona and Hamburg's inner city. Running along the elevated northern Elbe shore, across Geest heights, embedded forests and meadows, the Elbchaussee offers scenic views across the widening Lower Elbe, onto the opposite plains of Altes Land, and the distant activities of the port's container terminals.

The Wallring is a semi-circular urban ensemble encircling the inner city of Hamburg. It consists of a four-lane ring road with a total length of 3.3 kilometers (2.1 mi) and a continuous built-up street front on its inner side. The outer perimeter is – for the largest part – made up by a string of parks.

References

1 2 3 "Hamburger Parkanlagen". hamburg.de (in German). Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
1 2 3 "Parks und Gartenanlagen in Hamburg und Umgebung". laurustico.de (in German). Laurustico, Club für Gartenfreunde. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.

External links

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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[date-3] 1 2 Creation or opening date. If two dates are given the first date is for a preceding park or garden.

[location-4] 1 2 Hamburg district.

[Alsterpark-5] The area given for Alsterpark includes the Außenalster's water surface area; the land area alone is somewhat around 5.0 ha.

[Planten-un-Blomen-6] The area given for Planten un Blomen includes Alter Botanischer Garten, Japanischer Garten and Rosengarten.

[hamburg.de-1] 1 2 3 "Hamburger Parkanlagen". hamburg.de (in German). Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Retrieved 23 June 2015.

[laurustico-2] 1 2 3 "Parks und Gartenanlagen in Hamburg und Umgebung". laurustico.de (in German). Laurustico, Club für Gartenfreunde. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.

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