Imagine walking through gently rolling meadows, beneath ancient trees, while the Elbe sparkles in the distance. The Jenisch Park in Hamburg’s district of Othmarschen offers you exactly this experience. As the oldest English landscape garden in the city, it invites you to harmoniously connect nature and culture.

What makes Jenisch Park and the Jenisch House so special?

On over 43 hectares, you’ll find expansive lawns, old maple, chestnut, and oak trees, as well as the babbling stream of the Flottbek, which meanders through the park. Sounds like a truly lovely retreat away from the hustle and bustle of the city, doesn’t it?

In the middle of Jenisch Park, you'll encounter the Jenisch House, a neoclassical country house built between 1831 and 1834 for the Hamburg senator Martin Johann Jenisch. Today, it houses the Museum for Art and Culture on the Elbe, giving you a vivid insight into the bourgeois life of the 19th century.

Let’s not forget the view from the south-facing rooms of the Jenisch House over the Elbe. Who wouldn’t want to live here and watch the passing ships with a cup of coffee?

1. The park was established at the end of the 18th century and is therefore Hamburg's oldest English landscape garden.
2. Parts of the park, especially the wetlands of the Flottbek, have been under nature protection since 1982.
3. Franz Gustav Forsmann and Karl Friedrich Schinkel were responsible for the construction of the country house.
4. Since 1936, the Jenisch House has served as a museum and is today an outside branch of the Altona Museum.
5. Next to the Jenisch House, the park features the Ernst Barlach House, a museum dedicated to the work of the expressionist artist Ernst Barlach.
6. In the park stands the so-called "Egg Hut", a replica of the original "Moor Hut" from around 1790, which once served as a place for contemplation.
7. The main entrance to the park is marked by the Neobaroque Emperor's Gate, which was built in 1906 and restored in 2005.
8. Since 1939, the previously private park has been owned by the city of Hamburg and is accessible to the public.
9. In the 19th century, sheep were kept in the park to keep the lawns short – an early form of ecological landscape maintenance.
10. The Jenisch Park has repeatedly served as a filming location for movies and series – among other reasons due to its open sightlines and authentic historic architecture.

With its generous open spaces, ancient tree giants, and the expansive view of the Elbe, Jenisch Park creates something that has become rare in a big city: space. Space to breathe, to walk, to marvel. The landscape design is deliberately restrained and draws attention to the essentials – nature, openness, tranquility.

The Jenisch House brings a completely different element to this setting: history at your fingertips. Here, you enter spaces that were once intended as a private retreat – but are now open to everyone.