Egapark Erfurt

Name: Egapark Erfurt
Address: Gothaer Str. 38, Erfurt, Erfurt, DE
Telephone: +49 361 5643737

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Egapark Erfurt is a 36-hectare garden and leisure park on Cyriaksberg in Erfurt, surrounding the former Cyriaksburg citadel.

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Why go

The 6,000-square-metre continuous flowerbed.
Thuringia’s largest children’s playground.

Opening hours

Today09:00 – 18:00Show all

MondayClosed

Tuesday09:00 – 18:00

Wednesday09:00 – 18:00

Thursday09:00 – 18:00

Friday09:00 – 18:00

Saturday09:00 – 18:00

Sunday09:00 – 18:00

Entrances

Main entranceLook for Aufbauhelfer, Fritz Cremer’s bronze worker with a pickaxe. It commemorates 364,000 hours of volunteer work towards the exhibition grounds.Gothaer Str. 38, Erfurt

Don't miss

DanakilThe climate house occupies the site of the former central restaurant designed by Reinhold Lingner.At the centre of the parkYear-round attraction
Continuous flowerbedAround 150,000 flowers are arranged twice each season, with a different planting theme each year. The bed has been cultivated almost continuously since 1961.
Horticultural museumExplore garden art, commercial horticulture and locally harvested plants, alongside exhibits on climate change, biodiversity and urban food growing.In the former Defensionskaserne of Cyriaksburg, within the park

With kids

The farmyard is built in the style of a Thuringian three-sided farm and houses donkeys, goats, sheep, pigs, geese, ducks and chickens.
Beside the farmyard are a nutria enclosure and a kitchen garden.

Facilities

Restaurant The ega arena pavilion has a small event room in its basement.

Shorts

History

Walter Funcke contributed designs based on plans from 1950. The exhibition grounds eventually expanded to 104 hectares; a division in 1995 left the eastern section that forms today’s 36-hectare park. The name egapark was adopted in 2006.

After 1480Construction of Cyriaksburg fortress began; two round towers from its early fortifications remain.
1885Parts of the former fortress grounds were landscaped as a garden and opened to the public.
1928A 13.2-hectare municipal park opened with rose and perennial gardens.
1935A former southern gun tower was converted into a visitor observation tower.
1950The garden show “Erfurt blüht” drew 551,000 visitors over ten weeks.

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1958–1961Construction began in the second half of 1958, with Reinhold Lingner leading overall planning and execution. The main exhibition area retains key elements of his 1958–59 design.
1961The iga opened on 28 April as the first international horticultural exhibition of socialist countries.
1992The grounds became a protected monument for their distinctive garden design.

Hidden gems nearby

Denkort Bücherverbrennung 1933Added in 2024, this memorial to the 1933 book burnings also hosts workshops.
Historic park detailsThe original benches and historic path-sign system were restored in 2008.
Schloss Einstein connectionThe children’s television series has used the park grounds for outdoor filming since 2007.
Wartime wellA 40-metre-deep wartime well survives inside the citadel.

Sources: Egapark - Wikipedia · egapark Erfurt | Startseite · egapark · egapark · checked 10 Oct 2026

Where

Gothaer Str. 38, Erfurt

Website: egapark-erfurt.de/
Phone: +49 361 5643737

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Questions and answers

Which Egapark Erfurt exhibition halls are closed to visitors?

Exhibition halls 2–4 are closed to the public.

What survives from Egapark Erfurt’s original exhibition gardens?

Large flowerbeds, exhibition halls, fountains, a water axis, pavilions, sculptures and seating survive.

When is Egapark Erfurt open?

Tuesday–Sunday, 09:00–18:00.

Is Egapark Erfurt protected as a historic site?

Yes. It has been protected since 1992 for its distinctive 1960s garden design.

What did Egapark Erfurt’s first iga exhibition set out to do?

It served as a teaching exhibition and education centre for socialist horticulture.

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