List of parks and gardens in Hamburg

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

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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.

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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 Altonaer Balkon.jpg
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 Neuer Lohseplatz Hamburg.jpg
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 Jenisch-Panorama-1200px.jpg
Jenisch Park, one of Hamburg's many 18th-century English landscape parks along Elbchaussee
Sternschanzenpark, with the iconic Schanzenturm (de) Sternschanzenpark Hamburg.jpg
Sternschanzenpark, with the iconic Schanzenturm (de)
NameArea [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. AussenalsterLuft1.jpg
The Alstervorland on the lake's western shore.
Alter Elbpark4.2 ha1869 Neustadt
Altona Balkon ("Balcony")5.4 ha1638 (1952) Altona-Altstadt
Altona Volkspark 205.0 ha1918 Bahrenfeld
Amsinckpark5.7 ha1868 (1956) Lokstedt
Antonipark (Park Fiction)0.8 ha2002 St. Pauli
Astronomiepark 1912 Bergedorf
BallinPark 3.1 ha2007 Veddel
Baur's Park 8.7 ha1810 (1927) Blankenese designed by French landscape architect Joseph-Jacques Ramée
Baur's Park in 1810 Joseph Ramee Baurs Park Hamburg.jpg
Baur's Park in 1810
Bergedorf Rathauspark1.5 ha Bergedorf
Bergedorf Schlosspark5.0 ha1805 (1896) Bergedorf
Berner Gutspark7.2 ha1880 Farmsen-Berne
Blohm's Park4.0 ha1875 (1934) Horn
Bolívarpark1.1 ha Harvestehude
City-Nord-Park13.8 ha1965 Winterhude
Donner's Park4.3 ha1676 (1984) Ottensen
Domplatz0.5 ha2009 Altstadt
Eichtalpark 8.5 ha1830 (1926) Wandsbek
Eimsbüttel Park1.9 ha1875 Eimsbüttel
Eppendorfer Park8.0 ha1890 Eppendorf
Gorch-Fock-Park2.6 ha Finkenwerder
Große Wallanlagen 1869 Neustadt
Gustav-Mahler-Park1869 Rotherbaum
Goßler's Park 8.4 ha1795 (1924) Blankenese
Hamburg Stadtpark 148.0 ha1914 Winterhude
Hammer Park 15.9 ha1773 (1914) Hamm
Harburg Schlosspark1.5 ha2013 Harburg
Harburg Stadtpark 90.0 ha1913 (1926) Harburg
Hans-Christian-Andersen-Park14.7 ha2009 Osdorf
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 ha1909 Horn
Innocentiapark4.5 ha1884 Harvestehude
Jacobi Park6.0 ha1954 Eilbek
Jenfeld Moorpark5.0 ha2003 Jenfeld
Jenisch Park 42.0 ha1785 (1927) Othmarschen
Kellinghusenpark2.3 ha1842 (1929) Eppendorf
Kleine Wallanlagen 1869 Neustadt
Lindenpark2.0 ha2003 Eimsbüttel
Lise-Meitner-Park14.3 ha1975 Bahrenfeld
Lohbekpark Lokstedt
Lohsepark4.2 ha2018 HafenCity
Luna Park Altona-Nord
Lutherpark8.4 ha2003 Bahrenfeld
Moorweide4.3 ha Rotherbaum
Reclining Figure by Henry Moore (1979) Moore-hand-hh hg.jpg
Reclining Figure by Henry Moore (1979)
Neuer Elbpark Entenwerder16.0 ha1997 Rothenburgsort
Ohlendorff's Park1.7 ha1878 (1928) Volksdorf
Öjendorfer Park 140.0 ha1968 Billstedt
Planten un Blomen 47.0 ha1821 Neustadt
Rüschpark21.0 ha1996 Finkenwerder
Saseler Park2.1 ha1830 (1962) Sasel
Schinckel's Park7.0 ha1850 (1937) Blankenese
Schleidenpark1.3 ha1904 Barmbek-Süd
Schwarzenbergpark16.0 ha1904 Heimfeld
Seelemannpark0.7 ha Eppendorf
Sternschanzenpark12.0 ha1866 Sternschanze
Sven-Simon-Park5.4 ha1952 (1980) Blankenese
Thörl's Park5.0 ha Hamm
Von-Eicken-Park2.3 ha1819 (1899) Lokstedt
Wacholderpark1.0 ha1910 Fuhlsbüttel
Wehber's Park2.0 ha1852 (1926) Eimsbüttel
Wilhelmsburg Inselpark 100.0 ha2013 Wilhelmsburg
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 Romischer Garten 18198 Hamburg-Blankenese Romischer Garten2.JPG
Italianized Römischer Garten
Altona Dahliengarten Dahliengarten Altona Eingang Ost 2014-08-24.jpg
Altona Dahliengarten
Hammer Park's Topiary Garden Hammer Park Heckengarten 02.JPG
Hammer Park's Topiary Garden
Wilhelmsburg Inselpark IGS Bluhende Welten 1.JPG
Wilhelmsburg Inselpark
namearea [1] [2] est. [Note 1] location [Note 2] notes
Altona Dahliengarten 1.5 ha1920 Bahrenfeld Europe's oldest dahlia garden, features ca. 850 dahlia species
Altona Rosengarten4.5 ha1793 (1890) Ottensen
Apothekergarten Neustadt
Arboretum Lohbrügge 10.0 ha1965 Lohbrügge
Botanical Garden (Old) 1821 Neustadt
Botanical Garden (New)24.0 ha1979 Osdorf Loki-Schmidt-Garten since 2012
Botanischer Sondergarten 5.5 ha1926 (1956) Wandsbek
Garten de l'Aigle0.8 ha1888 Eppendorf
Hamm Kräutergarten1986 Hamm
Hamm Rosengarten1957 Hamm
Harburg Schulgarten8.5 ha1931 Harburg
Japanischer Garten1988 Neustadt Europe's largest garden of its kind, designed by Japanese landscape architect Yoshikuni Araki
The tea house Planten un Blomen - Teehaus 3.jpg
The tea house
Planten un Blomen [Note 4] 47.0 ha1821 Neustadt
Römischer Garten0.7 ha1890 (1951) Blankenese
Rosa-Luxemburg-Garten1926 Eimsbüttel
Rosengarten0.5 ha1993 Neustadt features ca. 300 rose species
Volksdorf Bauerngarten1969 Volksdorf part of Volksdorf open-air museum
Wilhelmsburg Rosenboulevard0.3 ha2013 Wilhelmsburg
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.

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References

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