Lüttge garden

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Blooming rhododendron
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The Lüttge Garden is a listed rhododendron park in Hamburg . The character of the garden is determined by the great variety of different rhododendron varieties .

location

The small garden is located on the northern edge of the Hamburg district of Lokstedt and has a narrow, approximately 110 m long, trapezoidal area that covers around 3900 m². It is bordered on three sides by the streets Schwübb , Hinter der Lieth and Liethwisch and is part of the Liethwisch 1 property . The largest part (approx. 3,300 m²) is in public ownership, the rest in private. Both parts merge into one another. The garden is regularly opened to visitors.

history

Since the garden architect Gustav Lüttge met the rhododendron breeder Dietrich Hobbie in 1952, he has been fascinated by the variety of varieties. Since Lüttge frequently used rhododendrons in his parks, he wanted to promote the investigation and breeding of new varieties. For this purpose, the city of Hamburg made the property in Lokstedt available to him and he was also able to acquire the adjacent property for the construction of his house. In 1958 the rhododendron garden and the closely related private garden began to be laid out. Lüttge divided the area into a formal and a park-like area. The formal part is close to the house, here there are many herbaceous beds surrounded by natural stone walls . There are around 170 different species of rhododendrons in the park, including some that Lüttge began breeding in 1962. However, his untimely death six years later prevented him from carrying out this task on a significant scale.

After Lüttge's death, the garden became overgrown and the grounds fell into disrepair. Only after a change of ownership more than 20 years later did a change begin. With the establishment of the association "Friends of the Lüttge Garden in Hamburg-Lokstedt e. V. ”in 2004 the garden was renatured, restored and worked up in the spirit of Gustav Lüttge. In 2011 the Lüttge Garden was entered in Hamburg's list of monuments. Since 2008 it has also been increasingly made available to the public by the above-mentioned association.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Side length and area measured using Google Maps in the satellite image.
  2. ^ Homepage of the "Friends of the Lüttge Garden eV". Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  3. ↑ Olaf Wunder, "A whole forest made only of colorful rhododendrons" in the Hamburger Morgenpost from June 15, 2012. Accessed on June 28, 2018.
  4. ↑ Report on an Open Garden Day 2015 on the Lokstedt district portal. Retrieved June 28, 2018.

Coordinates: 53 ° 36 ′ 11 "  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 38.4"  E