Schwägrichens Garten, Historical garden in Leipzig, Germany

Schwägrichens Garten is a historical garden in Leipzig with two distinctly designed sections. The upper part displays geometric flower beds in Dutch-French style, while the lower area follows English landscape gardening principles.

In the 17th century the Volckmar family laid out a garden here; by 1683 it belonged to the theologian Johann Adam Scherzer, whose second wife was a Volckmar. From 1741 Christoph Georg Winckler built a garden house, manor house and greenhouse, and the name Wincklerscher Garten took hold. In 1814 it passed to the damask and linen manufacturer Christian Gottlieb Schwägrichen, who later gave it to his brother Christian Friedrich Schwägrichen, director of Leipzig's Botanical Garden from 1807 to 1837. The widow sold part to banker Wilhelm Theodor Seyfferth in 1858 for the Johannapark; the heirs sold the rest to the city in 1888 for 2.5 million marks, and the proceeds funded a foundation.

The garden is named after Christian Friedrich Schwägrichen, professor of botany and director of Leipzig University's Botanical Garden from 1807 to 1837. During his tenure he merged parts of his own garden with the Botanical Garden laid out in neighbouring Triers Garten. The two heiresses Ottilie Döring and Sidonie Gröppler sold the remaining land to the city in 1888 for 2.5 million marks and used the last instalment of 600,000 marks to found a foundation for the educated classes, which earned them streets named after them.

The property was originally bordered by a water channel and connected to the surrounding area through a bridge, which helps with orientation. Today visitors can trace the historical structure by exploring both garden sections.

The two large ponds belonged to the neighbouring Triers Garten to the south, not to Schwägrichens Garten itself. Within Schwägrichens Garten, the feature to look for was the fountain behind the garden house, built under Christoph Georg Winckler: a main jet with 16 arched jets, once counted among Leipzig's finest.