The Johannapark is an 11 hectares (27 acres) park near the city center in Leipzig. In the southwest it merges seamlessly into the Clara Zetkin Park and together with it and the Palmengarten forms a large park landscape that continues in the north and south in the Leipzig Auenwald.[1]
Johannapark with pond and bridge, in the background the towers of the City-Hochhaus und of the New Town Hall (2007)
The park is located in the Westvorstadt area of Leipzig, in the borough of Leipzig-Mitte. It is framed to the north-west by Ferdinand-Lassalle-Strasse, to the north-east by Paul-Gerhardt-Weg and Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse, to the south by Karl-Tauchnitz-Strasse and to the south-west by Edvard-Grieg-Allee. Adjacent residential areas are the Bachviertel, the inner Westvorstadt and the Musikviertel.[2]
Historyedit
Johannapark with pond and Lutherkirche, coloured photograph around 1900
The Johannapark was created between 1858 and 1863 by the Leipzig entrepreneur and banker Wilhelm Theodor Seyfferth (1807-1881)[3] at his own expense and later donated to the city. He wanted to commemorate his daughter Johanna Natalie Schulz, who died at the age of 21.[4] According to tradition, she was broken when, according to her father's wishes, she had to marry the unloved Dr. Gustav Schulz.[5] Full of remorse, her father thought of leaving something to posterity that would have been in her interest:
"The idea of establishing a foundation from a capital that had been earmarked for my deceased daughter, which would not only perpetuate her name, but also the prevailing direction of her character 'to make others happy', prompted me to accept to buy the meadow of the wife of Professor Schwägrichen at the Kuhstrang. It is my intention to turn it into a park and to call it Johannapark."
— Wilhelm Theodor Seyfferth, from the letter to the Leipzig Council in 1863
Johannapark in July 2009
Seyfferth acquired the Martorff meadow[6] on the banks of the Pleiße[7] and some adjoining areas and let them convert into a park in the style of English landscape gardens according to plans by Peter Joseph Lenné (1789–1866).[8] The park was laid out by the Leipzig council gardener Otto Wittenberg (1834–1918). As is usual with Lenné, many exotic tree species were planted, giving the park the character of a botanical garden in places. A pond with a small island and two bridges was created in the center of the park.[5]
With Seyfferth's death in 1881, the park passed to the city of Leipzig in his will and testament, with the condition that the area should never be built over.[5] It was again enlarged to a floor area of eight hectares (20 acres). With the construction of the Lutherkirche between 1884 and 1887, an architectural accent was set in the neo-Gothic style.[9][10] The park came to its present dimensions by merging it with the gardens and grounds of some of the buildings destroyed in World War II.
In 1955, the Johannapark was combined with the neighboring Albertpark, the Scheibenholzpark and the Palmengarten under the name "Clara Zetkin" Central Culture Park. Since April 2011, the park has returned to its old name, Johannapark.[11]
Monumentsedit
In 1896 the city erected the Seyfferth monument in the park for the donor. Inscription on the base: "To the donor of the Johannapark the grateful city". The pedestal is by Hugo Licht (1841-1923), the marble bust by Melchior zur Strassen (1832-1896). A wall tomb of the Seyfferth family is located outside the choir of the Lutherkirche.[9] The 1897 Leipzig memorial to ChancellorBismarck by Adolf Lehnert (1862-1948) and Josef Mágr (1861-1924) was destroyed in 1946. In 1967, the Clara Zetkin memorial by the sculptor Walter Arnold (1909-1979) was erected on the same site to mark her 110th birthday.[12] In 1996, the Leipzig entrepreneur Walter Cramer (1886-1944), who was involved in the failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) on 20 July 1944, was honored here with a memorial by the city of Leipzig. The stele made of black granite and green Saxon serpentinite is the work of the sculptor Klaus Friedrich Messerschmidt (* 1945).[13]
Memorial to Wilhelm Seyfferth (bust), 2010
Tomb of the family Seyfferth at the Lutherkirche, 2016
Previous memorial to Bismarck from 1897
Memorial to Clara Zetkin, 2010
Center piece of the memorial to Walter Cramer, 2011
^ abc"Johannapark". Stadt Leipzig. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
^Martorffer Wiese (Martorff meadow), entry in Leipzig-Lexikon (in German)
^"The old course of the river Pleiße in front of the city, the Kuhstrangwasser, was filled in 1879", writes Georg Grebenstein in: Die Leipziger Gewässer von der Jahrtausendwende bis zur Gegenwart, Neue Ufer, Heft 3, Passage-Verlag Leipzig 1995, p. 7, in German
Hans-Christian Mannschatz: Park und Rennbahn. In: Das Leipziger Musikviertel. Verlag im Wissenschaftszentrum Leipzig, 1997, ISBN 3-930433-18-4, S. 135 ff. (in German)
Riedel, Horst (2005). Stadtlexikon Leipzig von A bis Z (in German). Leipzig: Pro Leipzig. pp. 271–272. ISBN3-936508-03-8.
Petra Friedrich, Johannapark Leipzig, in: Staatliche Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten Sachsens (ed.), Sachsen Grün. Historische Gärten und Parks, L & H Verlag Hamburg / Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-938608-02-1, pp. 169–172, in German
Johannapark, in: Peter Benecken, Parks & Gärten im Grünen Ring Leipzig, ed. by Pro Leipzig, Stadt Leipzig, Grüner Ring and culturtraeger Leipzig, Leipzig 2014, ISBN 978-3-945027-10-3, p. 16f. (in German)
Ringel, Sebastian (2015). Leipzig! One Thousand Years of History. Leipzig: Author and Edition Leipzig in the Seemann Henschel GmbH & Co. KG. pp. 92–93. ISBN978-3-361-00710-9.
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Johannapark.
Johannapark, entry in Leipzig-Lexikon (in German
Johannapark at the web page of the city of Leipzig (in German)
Stadt Leipzig, Clara-Zetkin-Park und Johannapark. Entwicklungskonzept, December 2016, 115 pages (in German)
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The Johannapark is an 11 hectares 27 acres park near the city center in Leipzig In the southwest it merges seamlessly into the Clara Zetkin Park and together with it and the Palmengarten forms a large park landscape that continues in the north and south in the Leipzig Auenwald 1 Johannapark with pond and bridge in the background the towers of the City Hochhaus und of the New Town Hall 2007 Contents 1 Location 2 History 3 Monuments 4 See also 5 References 6 Literature 7 External linksLocation editThe park is located in the Westvorstadt area of Leipzig in the borough of Leipzig Mitte It is framed to the north west by Ferdinand Lassalle Strasse to the north east by Paul Gerhardt Weg and Friedrich Ebert Strasse to the south by Karl Tauchnitz Strasse and to the south west by Edvard Grieg Allee Adjacent residential areas are the Bachviertel the inner Westvorstadt and the Musikviertel 2 History edit nbsp Johannapark with pond and Lutherkirche coloured photograph around 1900 The Johannapark was created between 1858 and 1863 by the Leipzig entrepreneur and banker Wilhelm Theodor Seyfferth 1807 1881 3 at his own expense and later donated to the city He wanted to commemorate his daughter Johanna Natalie Schulz who died at the age of 21 4 According to tradition she was broken when according to her father s wishes she had to marry the unloved Dr Gustav Schulz 5 Full of remorse her father thought of leaving something to posterity that would have been in her interest The idea of establishing a foundation from a capital that had been earmarked for my deceased daughter which would not only perpetuate her name but also the prevailing direction of her character to make others happy prompted me to accept to buy the meadow of the wife of Professor Schwagrichen at the Kuhstrang It is my intention to turn it into a park and to call it Johannapark Wilhelm Theodor Seyfferth from the letter to the Leipzig Council in 1863 nbsp Johannapark in July 2009 Seyfferth acquired the Martorff meadow 6 on the banks of the Pleisse 7 and some adjoining areas and let them convert into a park in the style of English landscape gardens according to plans by Peter Joseph Lenne 1789 1866 8 The park was laid out by the Leipzig council gardener Otto Wittenberg 1834 1918 As is usual with Lenne many exotic tree species were planted giving the park the character of a botanical garden in places A pond with a small island and two bridges was created in the center of the park 5 With Seyfferth s death in 1881 the park passed to the city of Leipzig in his will and testament with the condition that the area should never be built over 5 It was again enlarged to a floor area of eight hectares 20 acres With the construction of the Lutherkirche between 1884 and 1887 an architectural accent was set in the neo Gothic style 9 10 The park came to its present dimensions by merging it with the gardens and grounds of some of the buildings destroyed in World War II In 1955 the Johannapark was combined with the neighboring Albertpark the Scheibenholzpark and the Palmengarten under the name Clara Zetkin Central Culture Park Since April 2011 the park has returned to its old name Johannapark 11 Monuments editIn 1896 the city erected the Seyfferth monument in the park for the donor Inscription on the base To the donor of the Johannapark the grateful city The pedestal is by Hugo Licht 1841 1923 the marble bust by Melchior zur Strassen 1832 1896 A wall tomb of the Seyfferth family is located outside the choir of the Lutherkirche 9 The 1897 Leipzig memorial to Chancellor Bismarck by Adolf Lehnert 1862 1948 and Josef Magr 1861 1924 was destroyed in 1946 In 1967 the Clara Zetkin memorial by the sculptor Walter Arnold 1909 1979 was erected on the same site to mark her 110th birthday 12 In 1996 the Leipzig entrepreneur Walter Cramer 1886 1944 who was involved in the failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler 1889 1945 on 20 July 1944 was honored here with a memorial by the city of Leipzig The stele made of black granite and green Saxon serpentinite is the work of the sculptor Klaus Friedrich Messerschmidt 1945 13 nbsp Memorial to Wilhelm Seyfferth bust 2010 nbsp Tomb of the family Seyfferth at the Lutherkirche 2016 nbsp Previous memorial to Bismarck from 1897 nbsp Memorial to Clara Zetkin 2010 nbsp Center piece of the memorial to Walter Cramer 2011See also editOpposite the park there is the art museum Galerie fur Zeitgenossische Kunst References edit Petra Friedrich 2006 p 169 Map of the Johannapark and the adjacent Clara Zetkin Park in the leaflet Unser Park at the web page of the city of Leipzig Wilhelm Seyfferth entry in Leipzig Lexikon in German Ringel 2015 p 92 a b c Johannapark Stadt Leipzig Retrieved 15 January 2023 Martorffer Wiese Martorff meadow entry in Leipzig Lexikon in German The old course of the river Pleisse in front of the city the Kuhstrangwasser was filled in 1879 writes Georg Grebenstein in Die Leipziger Gewasser von der Jahrtausendwende bis zur Gegenwart Neue Ufer Heft 3 Passage Verlag Leipzig 1995 p 7 in German Ringel 2015 p 93 and Riedel 2005 p 272 a b Riedel 2005 p 374 Lutherkirche entry in Leipzig Lexikon in German Press release of the city of Leipzig 22 February 2011 in German Clara Zetkin Denkmal entry in Leipzig Lexikon in German Riedel 2005 p 97Literature editHans Christian Mannschatz Park und Rennbahn In Das Leipziger Musikviertel Verlag im Wissenschaftszentrum Leipzig 1997 ISBN 3 930433 18 4 S 135 ff in German Riedel Horst 2005 Stadtlexikon Leipzig von A bis Z in German Leipzig Pro Leipzig pp 271 272 ISBN 3 936508 03 8 Petra Friedrich Johannapark Leipzig in Staatliche Schlosser Burgen und Garten Sachsens ed Sachsen Grun Historische Garten und Parks L amp H Verlag Hamburg Berlin 2006 ISBN 3 938608 02 1 pp 169 172 in German Johannapark in Peter Benecken Parks amp Garten im Grunen Ring Leipzig ed by Pro Leipzig Stadt Leipzig Gruner Ring and culturtraeger Leipzig Leipzig 2014 ISBN 978 3 945027 10 3 p 16f in German Ringel Sebastian 2015 Leipzig One Thousand Years of History Leipzig Author and Edition Leipzig in the Seemann Henschel GmbH amp Co KG pp 92 93 ISBN 978 3 361 00710 9 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Johannapark Johannapark entry in Leipzig Lexikon in German Johannapark at the web page of the city of Leipzig in German Stadt Leipzig Clara Zetkin Park und Johannapark Entwicklungskonzept December 2016 115 pages in German Picture gallery in Deutsche Fotothek 51 20 4 3908 N 12 21 45 058 E 51 334553000 N 12 36251611 E 51 334553000 12 36251611 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Johannapark amp oldid 1211615145, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
