Imagine walking through gently rolling meadows, under old trees, while the Elbe glistens in the distance. Jenischpark in Hamburg's Othmarschen district offers you exactly this experience. As the city's oldest English landscape garden, it invites you to harmoniously combine nature and culture.

What makes Jenisch Park and the Jenisch House so special?

On over 43 hectares you will find expansive lawns, old maple, chestnut and oak trees as well as the babbling course of the Flottbek river, which meanders through the park. Sounds like a really nice place to retreat to, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, doesn't it?

In the centre of Jenisch Park, you will come across the Jenisch House, a classicist country house built between 1831 and 1834 for the Hamburg senator Martin Johann Jenisch. Today it houses the Museum of Art and Culture on the Elbe and gives you a lively insight into 19th-century middle-class life.

Not to be forgotten is the view of the Elbe from the south-facing rooms of the Jenisch House. Who wouldn't want to live here and watch the passing ships over a cup of coffee?

Secret tip: Visit the park in the early morning light, when the dew is still on the meadows and the sun's rays are breaking through the treetops. At this time of day, the park is particularly quiet and has an almost magical atmosphere

1. The park was established at the end of the 18th century and is thus Hamburg's oldest English landscape garden.
2. Parts of the park, particularly the wet meadows 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 now an outpost 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 "Moss Hut" from around 1790, which once served as a place of leisure.
7. The main entrance to the park is marked by the neo-baroque Kaisertor, 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 maintain the grass areas – an early form of ecological landscape maintenance.
10. Jenisch Park has served multiple times as a filming location for films and series – among other reasons due to its open sightlines and authentic historical architecture.

With its generous open spaces, old tree giants, and the wide view of the Elbe, Jenischpark 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 directs the gaze to the essentials – nature, openness, tranquility.

The Jenisch House brings a completely different element to this setting: history you can touch. Here you enter rooms that were once meant as a private retreat – but today are open to everyone.