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The most beautiful gardens and parks in Erlangen

With more than 110,000 inhabitants, Erlangen has long been one of Germany’s major cities. But its green soul always allows the hustle and bustle of the city to fade into the background. From carefully landscaped parks to dense forests, there is something for everyone. This means you can get some wonderful fresh air in Erlangen at any time of the year. Whether by bike or on foot: your next trip into nature is guaranteed to be worth it. And best of all: the most beautiful gardens and parks are just a few minutes away from your hotel room in Erlangen.

Parks & gardens in Erlangen

  1. Schlossgarten
  2. Röthelheimpark
  3. Sebalder Reichswald
  4. Aroma garden
  5. Erlanger meadow ground
  6. Heinrich Kirchner Sculpture Garden
  7. Meilwald

The Erlangen Schlossgarten

The Schlossgarten is probably one of the most beautiful parks in Erlangen. This is around 1.3 kilometers away and is not only very popular among students. Especially in summer you can admire impressive fountains and colorful flowers here. The baroque palace complexes, such as the orangery, are also worth seeing. You are right in the city center with its shopping and refreshment options. For conscious foodies, after a relaxing walk, for example, it’s just a three-minute walk to the organic restaurant Muskat. If you are looking for even more biological diversity, you will find it in the directly adjacent botanical garden. The Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg presents plants from all over the world as well as a walk-in grotto on around 2 hectares. In the greenhouses you feel like you’ve been transported to warmer regions thanks to the wide collection of tropical plants, which makes the botanical garden a worthwhile excursion destination even in the winter months.

The Röthelheimpark and Sebalder Reichswald

Röthelheimpark is not in the city center, but still less than a 15-minute walk away. In recent years, numerous residential and commercial areas have been built here on a former US military site, in the middle of which the “Parade Ground” nature reserve invites you to do sports and relax. The park with the rare sand biotope in Erlangen contains a special fauna, which an information pavilion provides information about. We think this transformation of the area is worth a visit! The green heart of the Röthelheimpark district can also be explored by bike – just ask at reception about our rental bikes. With these, animal lovers can also reach the wild boar enclosure in the forest on the other side of Kurt-Schumacher-Straße in another two minutes. With a bit of luck, you can see the animals on a short tour around the enclosure. But even if not, the adjoining Sebalder Reichswald with its approx. 10,000 hectares offers a large network of paths to extend the trip. If the fresh air has made you hungry, you can find straightforward Italian delicacies directly opposite at Tio Rustica, a combination of Mexican and German at Unicum and Japanese specialties at Hiro Sakao. These views provide additional motivation during the trip.

Aroma garden

Instead of the taste buds, the aroma garden in the north of Erlangen appeals to the sense of smell. After an eight-minute bike ride from the hotel, you can take a walk through the garden and get to know aromatic bushes and trees. A nice change from the usual green spaces and parks in Erlangen, which can be experienced from April to October. If you want to go for a longer walk, you can walk east along the Schwabach to the Buckenhof district. In the west of the Aroma Garden, on the other side of Palmstrasse, there is something especially for children: here is the Erlanger water playground and invites you to splash around and run around.

The Erlangen meadow ground

If you want to spend longer on two wheels, we recommend Regnitzwiesengrund in the west of Erlangen, which can be reached within ten minutes. Behind the station area there are extensive, ground-level meadows for joggers and cyclists. These can also be reached in a few minutes on foot from the city center. Interesting: On one day or another a shepherd drives his flock to graze on the lush meadows. The well-designed Wöhrmühle leisure facility also invites you to relax on comfortable loungers when the weather is nice. In the immediate vicinity there is the Erlanger Weller brewery with a brewery for home brewing (and self-drinking) as well as an inn.

The Heinrich Kirchner sculpture garden

One of the more romantic parks in Erlangen is probably the sculpture garden on Burgberg in the north of Erlangen. You should plan on cycling for a quarter of an hour. Then we walk through the park, which is intended to maintain the work of the Erlanger artist Heinrich Kirchner and bring it closer to the general public. In addition to numerous sculptures, you also have a great view of the city at any time of day. In summer, you can toast with a glass of real Kellerbier just a few steps away in the Entlaskeller. The garden only remains closed during the Erlanger Bergkirchweih. But you definitely shouldn’t miss this festival!

The Przewalski horses in Tennenlohe

It’s not just horse lovers who will be interested in the wild horse enclosure in the Tennenlohe district. The animals with the almost unpronounceable name “Przewalski’s horse” graze in various group constellations on around 90 hectares. Nature regulates the coexistence of animals and plants here with almost no human intervention. The entire area is also protected, which is why other species such as rare birds and insects are regularly spotted. Equipped with sturdy shoes, more or less long tours can be undertaken through the steppe-like area. If you want to take it a little more leisurely, you should come by bus or car.

The Meilwald

Do you feel most at home among tall trees and chirping birds? With its cycle paths, forest nature trail and fitness trail, the Meilwald is perfect for all active forest lovers. Here you can also just breathe deeply and clear your head. You can reach the forest in the north of Erlangen by bus or by bike in just 20 minutes.

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