The 2.8-hectare “Neue Welt” Concert Park, a designated historic landmark, was built between 1901 and 1903 as part of a complex comprising a ballroom, a festival grounds, and a park. The site is located in the Pölbitz district between the“Neue Welt” concert and ballroomonLeipziger Straße and the Muldental Bike Path.
The park was designed as an outdoor extension to the Neue Welt Ballroom, the largest terraced hall in Western Saxony, capable of accommodating up to 3,000 guests. It represented a typical turn-of-the-century concert park, consisting of an orchestra shell flanked on both sides by open-air terraces (covered verandas) and a lavishly landscaped central park area.
Although the creator of the park cannot be identified with certainty, the initiative and planning can essentially be attributed to the owner of the Neue Welt, Richard Harzer. The strictly symmetrical garden he designed was equipped with, among other things, a grotto, fountains, animal enclosures, and artificial rocks. In addition, a rose garden, an alpine garden, and a dahlia plantation were created. For the tree and shrub plantings, a deliberate selection of variegated species was made. The installation of numerous garden sculptures by the sculptor Rudolph Mosebach, born in Zwickau in 1860, served to particularly highlight the artistic framework.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the garden fell into disrepair. It was only after ownership was transferred to the city of Zwickau that the decision to preserve it was made.
Between 1982 and 1985, a comprehensive reconstruction of the park took place. However, it was no longer possible to restore the entire original layout. To complement the historic park axis featuring the fountain (Cupid with a swan), the extensions to the north and south were redesigned. Small-scale garden areas—a heath garden and a rose garden—separate the southern festival lawn from the old park center. By preserving the Nymph (historic park section) and the four Muses (at the main entrance), the park’s artistic character has been maintained. A network of paths totaling 1.4 km in length invites park visitors to discover the park’s dendrological diversity.
The eastern boundary is now formed by the Muldenpromenade, lined with an old avenue of linden trees—part of the Muldental Cycle Route, a long-distance regional cycling trail—directly on the west bank of the Zwickauer Mulde.
Attraction
"New World" Park
Duration of visit
0.5 hours
Location
Outdoors
Cover photo: "Neue Welt" Park © Kultour Z.
Directions & Contact:
Park Neue Welt, 08058 Zwickau
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Park Neue Welt, 08058 Zwickau
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Fountain in "Neue Welt" Park © Kultour Z.
One of the four white muses in the park © Kultour Z.
Park © Kultour Z.
Nymph © Kultour Z.
Trees and shrubs in the park © Kultour Z.
