Elisengarten, Urban garden in central Aachen, Germany

The Elisengarten is a small park behind the Elisenbrunnen in central Aachen, laid out from 1852 to 1854 to plans by Prussian garden director Peter Joseph Lenné. It occupies the site of the former Ursuline convent garden, whose cloister stood at the north-east edge from 1651; the convent was demolished in 1851. Glass doors fitted into the right wing of the Elisenbrunnen in 1854 by city architect Friedrich Joseph Ark connect the spa building directly with the garden.

The park was designed in the 19th century by landscape architect Peter Joseph Lenné as part of the city's development plans. His design established the basic structure you see today.

The garden's name comes from the Elisenbrunnen, the 1822 neoclassical pump room on the site of the Barbarossa wall. From 1873 a drinking fountain fed by the Kaiserquelle let spa guests take the cure without leaving the garden. The Ursuline convent, founded here in 1651, had its kitchen garden on this ground.

The garden lies behind the Elisenbrunnen, bounded by Hartmannstraße, Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz and Ursulinerstraße. Glazed doors installed in 1854 in the right side wing of the Elisenbrunnen connect the spa building directly with the garden. The site is level and free to enter.

Archaeological excavations have uncovered Roman and medieval structures beneath the current garden. These hidden layers show that the site has been occupied and used across many centuries.