Elbauenpark

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Aerial view of the Elbauenpark (right half of the picture)

The Elbauenpark is a family and leisure park in the northeast of Magdeburg .

The park area is about 100 hectares and consists of the parts Kleiner Anger and Großer Anger, which are separated by the busy Herrenkrugstraße but connected by a pedestrian bridge. The park has a total of four combined entrances and exits and three exits. According to Stern magazine , the Elbauenpark is the best leisure attraction in Saxony-Anhalt.

history

Ride on the Panoramabahn a few weeks before the shutdown

The Elbauenpark was created on the occasion of the Federal Horticultural Show in Magdeburg in 1999 on the Cracauer Anger . Wehrmacht barracks and gun walls were built on the present site in the 1930s . After the Second World War , the barracks were used by the western group of the Soviet armed forces . A huge garbage dump was created here from the debris from the war destruction.

In a few years it was possible to remove all ordnance, projectiles and countless war debris and to create a park that attracts numerous visitors.

Park attractions

The millennium tower: a landmark of the Elbauenpark that is visible from afar
The floating stage
  • The millennium tower shows 6000 years of human history in an exhibition
  • The play and project house is an open house for children up to 14 years of age, in which they can do whatever they want - paint, do handicrafts or take part in projects. The goal here is participation; even children were involved in the conception and planning of the house.
  • Fourteen themed gardens
  • The Seebühne , an open-air stage for 1,600 spectators
  • The summer toboggan run , a 400 meter long sheet metal toboggan run
  • The play walls: Numerous climbing and recreational opportunities
  • The butterfly house with 200 exotic butterflies
  • The sports area with fields for soccer, volleyball, beach volleyball, handball and basketball
  • The climbing tower: Climbing the 25 meter high Great Anger Rock
  • The climbing park: climbing on 55 elements and two cable cars in the high ropes course
  • The maze: A labyrinth of hedges and trellises

The Panoramabahn , an elevated monorail on a 3 km long route, was dismantled in early 2015.

The park shows garden art on topics such as rose gardens, bamboo groves, perennial gardens, European gardens, paradisiacal gardens or renewable raw materials and also offers a skate course, the Kneipp garden, a frisbee golf course, a fitness course with extensive explanations, a water playground, a beehive, the school project “Green Path” and the God's Garden House , which was used as an ecumenical meeting center during the Federal Garden Show.

There are also several bistros, a restaurant in the millennium tower and a beer garden. Numerous events take place in the park throughout the season (April to October); In 2016, 2017 and 2019 the VOX broadcast Grill den Henssler was a guest for three editions each on the lake stage.

The park belongs to the Network Garden Dreams Saxony-Anhalt .

Web links

  • Elbauenpark - attractions, history, opening times, prices (Messe- und Veranstaltungsgesellschaft Magdeburg GmbH)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Best leisure attraction in Saxony-Anhalt Stern magazine in issue 27/2013 in the leisure atlas Germany

Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 5.6 "  N , 11 ° 40 ′ 8.5"  E