Rabet, Community park in eastern Leipzig, Germany

Rabet is a park spanning about 9.6 hectares in eastern Leipzig with a central meadow surrounded by tree-lined borders. A meandering asphalt path winds through the grounds and connects different recreational areas.

The area was created in the 1970s after residential buildings in the densely populated Neuschönefeld district were demolished. The city developed this green space to provide recreation and leisure opportunities for residents.

The name Rabet is recorded from the 16th century for a roughly 50-hectare tract between Schönefeld and Reudnitz, then scrubland belonging to the Schönefeld manor. Three origins are debated: Slavic robota (corvée labour), Latin rubetum (bramble thicket), or French-Dutch rabath (border bed); archivist Jörg Ludwig favours the Latin one. In 1584 pastor Peter Letz called it a campus Elysius of students and prostitutes, and Zedler's 1741 lexicon lists the insult "Rabeth-Hure".

The park lies in Neuschönefeld, bounded by Hermann-Liebmann-Straße to the east, the street Rabet to the south, Neustädter Straße to the west and buildings on Eisenbahnstraße to the north. The one-kilometre Amöbe loop is a broad asphalt band suited to wheels. The open Freizeittreff Rabet offers a multi-purpose hall for events and sport.

The park's one-kilometre loop path is surfaced in a reddish blackberry colour, a nod to the Latin rubetum, meaning bramble thicket, one of the proposed origins of the name Rabet. Landscape architects from the Berlin firm Lützow 7, winners of the 2001/2002 competition, named the curved asphalt band Amöbe.