Top 10 Stunning & Spectacular Parks in Leipzig You Should Visit

Are you planning to travel to Leipzig soon to relax and enjoy?

Whatever your purpose of traveling to Leipzig, you shouldn’t just focus on those popular tourist attractions.

You should also take time to visit natural parks in Leipzig because we are pretty sure you won’t regret it.

So, here are the most stunning parks in Leipzig that you should definitely visit soon!

 

1.Leipzig Zoo (Zoologischer Garten Leipzig)

Leipzig Zoo is considered to be the most stunning parks in Leipzig which was founded in 1878 and is one of the oldest in park in Germany. Today, its very special concept makes it one of the most modern and renowned worldwide.

 

Leipzig Zoo has taken nature in its most primitive form to a new dimension on a 16.500 m² site to create a unique architectural structure, which not only provides an amazing experience for visitors to the Zoo but which is also an evolution in design.

 

The tropical rainforest opened to the public in July 2011 – an event of national significance after 11 years of planning and four years of construction. As Europe’s largest tropical hall, Gondwanaland, is a milestone in the history of zoological buildings. -Vector Foiltec

 

Address: Pfaffendorfer-Strasse 29, 04105, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

 

Website: http://www.zoo-leipzig.de/en/homepage

 

2. Rosental

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The Rosental Park covers the largest grassy area in Leipzig and is one of the city’s most popular historical parks. A large lawn for sunbathing and numerous walking trails adorn this area of Leipzig’s alluvial forest.

 

The 20 m high observation tower, the “Wackelturm”, and its view of the Leipzig Zoo (from which you can see part the African Savannah) are particularly fun to visit during a stroll through the park.

 

Address: 04105 Leipzig

 

3. Worlitz Gardens

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Wörlitz Park is a gorgeous park in Leipzig that belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Dessau-Wörlitz Garden. The park near Dessau was designed by Leopold III. Friedrich Franz, Prince and Duke of Anhalt-Dessau. Franz was an enlightened spirit who promoted science and tolerance in his empire.

 

The park in Wörlitz was one of the first English landscape gardens in Germany and is still one of the largest of its kind in the country. With over a million visitors a year, the Wörlitz Park is one of the most important tourist destinations in the State of Saxony-Anhalt.

 

The landscape park was designed by Johann Friedrich Eyserbeck. The court gardener Eyserbeck got to know the landscape garden on a trip to England.

 

Later he traveled again to the island with Prince Franz and the architect Erdmannsdorff, to study the english garden art. The three men gatherd ideas for their garden in Wörlitz.

 

The Wörlitzer Park was created by Eyserbeck between 1769 and 1773. Erdmannsdorff designed the buildings in the park. The center of the park is Lake Wörlitz, a former branch of the river Elbe. The elongated lake divides the park into two parts.

 

The southern part is located at the village of Wörlitz, here is also the castle. The northern part can only be reached by ferry or you have to walk around the park. This gives the northern part the impression of a secluded island.

 

The park essentially consists of five elements: trees, water surfaces, meadows, isolated buildings and the sky.

 

The trees define the space and direct the view, the meadows provide space, the buildings serve as an eye-catcher or viewpoint and the water reflects the sky. The sky creates a varied mood through light and passing clouds. -Regiopia

 

Address: Garden Realm Dessau-Wörlitz, Mittlere Elbe, 06786 Wallitz Germany

 

4. Johannapark Leipzig

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Johanna Park, is one of the most beautiful parks in Leipzig located in the western suburb of Leipzig. It is best known for its pond, with a small island and two bridges, as well as the view of the City Hochhaus and the tower of the New Town Hall.

 

The park was laid out between 1858 and 1863 by the Leipzig entrepreneur and banker Wilhelm Theodor Seyfferth to commemorate his daughter Johanna, who according to the legend, died of a broken heart at a young age. -Leipzig Tourism and Marketing (LTM) GmbH

 

Address: 04317 Leipzig, Germany

 

5. Clara-Zetkin Park

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Leipzig, which is considered to be one of the most stunning and gorgeous parks in Leipzig, is known for its many green spaces, meaning the large Clara Zetkin Park is only one of many green oases in the middle of the city. Just a few minutes’ walk from the historic city centre, it combines the historic Johannapark, Palmengarten, Volkspark, Scheibenholz and Albertpark.

 

A multitude of leisure activities tempt you to take a trip to the green areas, and the Glashaus restaurant in the heart of the park is a popular outdoor venue. The beer garden and café are next to the historic music pavilion, and the open-air stage is a popular venue for concerts and cinema performances in summer.

 

The large playground next to the Scheibenholz racecourse is one of the most popular in Leipzig, where parents and children can go on family outings. -Leipzig Tourism and Marketing (LTM) GmbH

 

Address: 04107 Leipzig

 

6. Botanischer Gard

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Leipzig Botanical Garden, one of the most remarkable parks in Leipzig, is a botanical garden maintained by the University of Leipzig, and located at Linnéstraße 1, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It is the oldest botanical garden in Germany and among the oldest in the world, and open daily without charge. -Wikipedia

 

In addition, this Botanical Garden of the University of Leipzig unites plants from the most diverse vegetation zones of the world on an area of ​​around three hectares. These are distributed over the apothecary garden, the greenhouses, the fragrance and touch garden as well as the open space of the facility.

 

A special highlight is the butterfly house, where you can experience butterflies in natural surroundings and up close. -Leipzig Tourism and Marketing (LTM) GmbH

 

Address: Linnéstraße 1, 04103 Leipzig, Germany

 

7. Wildpark Leipzig

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One of the most attractive parks in Leipzig and local recreation areas in the city of Leipzig is the Leipzig Wildlife Park in the southern floodplain forest. Around 25 animal species with around 250 animals are kept on the approximately 46 hectare area.

 

Animal species are presented that

•occur in the wild in Central Europe, for example roe deer, wild boar and red deer

•used to appear here, for example bison, lynx and elk

•have recently become at home with us, for example raccoons, mouflon and mink

 

As a result, the Connewitz Wildlife Park complements the animal species composition with other animal-keeping facilities in the city of Leipzig such as the Leipzig Zoo which ostensibly shows exotic animals, or the Bauersfeld company’s pet zoo , where visitors can see different breeds of domestic animals.

 

The wildlife park (also) sees itself as a “PR agency” for native animals and nature. Its aim is to promote species and habitat protection. The wildlife park is also an information center for the local fauna, offers the opportunity to conduct research and is of course an attractive recreational area for visitors. -Stadt Leipzig

 

You can sponsor animals in the wildlife park.

 

Address: Koburger Str. 12 a, 04277 Leipzig, Germany

 

8. Agra-Park

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The agra-Park, on of the most staggering parks in Leipzig, has become synonymous with the city of Markkleeberg. Far beyond the confines of the city, people immediately associate the park, as well as the former agra-Trade fair with Markkleeberg.

 

Enter into an English landscape garden of ever-increasing appeal to tourists! The wrought-iron gate in Raschwitzer Straße leads you through a historically representative entrance.

 

At the end of the 19th century, the consul and newspaper publisher from Leipzig, Paul Herfurth, acquired the southern part of the land which formerly belonged to Raschwitz upon which to build his country estate.

 

In 1896/97, he had an architect from Raschwitz, Gustav Hempel, erect a villa on the park’s highest point, thus constituting its main decorative feature and dominating the area, which was similar to the “Petit Trianon” from Versailles. -The Leipzig Tourism and Marketing (LTM) GmbH

 

Address: Agra Park Raschwitzer Straße

04416 Markkleeberg

 

9. Schwanenteich

Schwanenteich is one of the most remarkable parks in Leipzig. This pretty park is surrounded by trees backs onto Leipzig’s opera house and is a charming place to wander.

 

The Schwanenteich in Leipzig is a body of water with a surrounding park on the edge of Leipzig city center. The park is part of the oldest urban landscape park in Germany. The official name of the park, derived from history, is Oberer Park.

 

Address: Oberer Park, Leipzig, Saxony Germany

 

10. Sudfriedhof

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Sudfriedhof is Leipzig’s largest cemetery located near the Battle of Nations Monument in the south of the city. The complex is considered to be one of the largest cemeteries in Germany and one of the most beautiful parks in Leipzig, covering an area of 82 hectares including the crematorium and columbarium located on the site. The building complex of the crematorium consists of two smaller chapels and the large main hall with a 63-meter high bell tower.

 

Apart from generously-designed green spaces, the cemetery contains numerous and partly artistic graves of important Leipzig personalities, including the Leipzig dialect poet Lene Voigt and the Baedecker family of publishers. To date, a total of 560,000 Leipzig residents are buried in the Südfriedhof. -The Leipzig Tourism and Marketing (LTM) GmbH

 

Address: Friedhofsweg 3, 04299 Leipzig, Germany

 

If you’re traveling to Leipzig, Germany soon, don’t forget to visit these stunning and gorgeous parks in Leipzig. Which among the parks do you liked the most? Please let us know by commenting down. Danke!