The Johannapark was created between 1858 and 1863 by the Leipzig entrepreneur and banker
Wilhelm Theodor Seyfferth (1807-1881) at his own expense and later donated to the city. He wanted to commemorate his daughter
Johanna Natalie Schulz, who died at the age of 21. According to tradition, she was broken when, according to her father's wishes, she had to marry the unloved
Dr. Gustav Schulz. on the banks of the
Pleiße and some adjoining areas and let them convert into a park in the style of
English landscape gardens according to plans by
Peter Joseph Lenné (1789–1866). The park was laid out by the Leipzig council gardener
Otto Wittenberg (1834–1918). As is usual with Lenné, many exotic tree species were planted, giving the park the character of a
botanical garden in places. A
pond with a small island and two bridges was created in the center of the park. With Seyfferth's death in 1881, the park passed to the city of Leipzig in his
will and testament, with the condition that the area should never be built over. The park came to its present dimensions by merging it with the gardens and grounds of some of the buildings destroyed in
World War II. In 1955, the Johannapark was combined with the neighboring
Albertpark, the
Scheibenholzpark and the
Palmengarten under the name
"Clara Zetkin" Central Culture Park. Since April 2011, the park has returned to its old name,
Johannapark. == Monuments ==