Würfelwiese, Public park in northern downtown Halle (Saale), Germany

Würfelwiese is a public park in northern downtown Halle (Saale) that runs along the Saale River with open green spaces. The grounds include sports facilities and a playground designed as a pirate ship for children.

Before the Reformation, the area was part of Neuwerk Monastery, where monks cultivated vegetable gardens and gave the place its former name Kohlwiese. An obelisk was installed near the riverbank in 1814 to remember soldiers who died in the Battle of Leipzig.

The name comes from the Knoblauchsmittwoch folk festival, held here at Pentecost since the Middle Ages, when dice and lottery booths earned the meadow its name. The city banned the festival in 1870 to protect the new plantings; the Knoblauchsmittwochsgesellschaft revived it in 2002. Since 2011 the Bürgerstiftung Halle has invited residents to the Würfelwiese-Singen every Wednesday from May to September.

The park can be reached from multiple bridges on different sides, making it easy to enter from various directions. You can find parking options at Friedemann-Bach-Platz and along Robert-Franz-Ring, though most require payment.

The name comes from the dice and lottery games at the Knoblauchsmittwoch fair, held here on Whit Wednesday. Stalls invited visitors to try their luck, and people soon called the meadow Würfelwiese. The fair was banned in 1870 and revived in 2002.