Johannapark, Public park in Westvorstadt, Leipzig, Germany

Johannapark covers eleven hectares in Leipzig's Westvorstadt, bordered by Ferdinand-Lassalle-Straße, Paul-Gerhardt-Weg, Friedrich-Ebert-Straße, Karl-Tauchnitz-Straße and Edvard-Grieg-Allee. Peter Joseph Lenné designed it as an English landscape garden, and Otto Wittenberg directed the planting. A former clay pit became a pond with an island and two humpbacked bridges; exotic trees give parts of the park a botanical character.

A Leipzig banker named Wilhelm Seyfferth had the park created between 1858 and 1863, drawing inspiration from English landscape gardens. The design benefited from expert guidance by a renowned garden designer of that era.

The park is named after Johanna Natalie Schulz, who died at 21. A popular Leipzig legend holds that she broke under a marriage her father, banker Wilhelm Theodor Seyfferth, forced on her with Dr. Gustav Schulz. Seyfferth founded the park in her memory; a bust near the Lutherkirche reads "Dem Stifter des Johannaparkes die dankbare Stadt".

The park lies in the Westvorstadt, framed by Ferdinand-Lassalle-Strasse, Paul-Gerhardt-Weg, Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse, Karl-Tauchnitz-Strasse and Edvard-Grieg-Allee. It merges seamlessly southwest into the Clara-Zetkin-Park and, with the Palmengarten, forms a continuous green belt reaching the Leipzig floodplain forest. The Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst stands directly opposite on Karl-Tauchnitz-Strasse.

Rare and exotic tree species planted during the original design give parts of the park a botanical character. Visitors can discover unexpected plant treasures while walking that enrich the grounds.