Field trips
On Wednesday (09. May) and Friday (11. May) we offer optional conference field trips to get some impressions of the urban forest and the green areas of the city of Leipzig.
Wednesday afternoon, 09. May 2012
Boat-trip
Boat trip through Leipzig Leipzig as "Little Venice"
These days, the canals are used for sports and leisure activities. The canals are connected to the two local reivers – the Elster and the Pleiße – and also lead as far as Lake Cospuden.
Expertise the diversified floodplain landscape within the city of Leipzig from a boat.
More information:
Flyer download (pdf) (3.9 MB)
Friday afternoon, 11. May 2012
1. The "green Promenadenring"
Promenadenring Leipzig (click to enlarge)
Expire on a three kilometers walk Germanys oldest urban landscape park, the “Green Promenadenring” around the city center of Leipzig
The park originates from the deconstruction of the cities fortification in the year 1777. The city didn’t use the space for housing but for green space around the city center.
For Leipzigs citizens, a walk „round the gate” for being seen was courteous and stroll was combined with business conversations.
Despite some losses, the green Promenadenring is still present in it’s basic structure and many areas were restructured during the last years.
The walkabout offers a special „green“ view on the city of Leipzig, because some representative buildings such as the new Cityhall or the Thomaschurch can be seen out of the green coulisse. Additionally, the ally is seamed by numerous memorials that remains on deserving citizens of Leipzig.
2. The “Green Arc” of Paunsdorf
Nature within the cityThe “Green Arc” is a chain of green spaces surrounding a large high density housing area in the north-east of the city of Leipzig. Step-by-step, 120 hectares of former military training grounds and adjacent fallow land are turned into a modern recreation area. The core of the Green Arc has been a unique grazing project, where currently 13 water buffalo and nine prezewalski’s horses conserve 35 hectares of open landscape and contribute to the recreational value of the area. The water buffalo and wild horses, which once belonged to the great native mammals in central Europe, stay outside all year round and also breed on site. Since 2004, the grazing area has developed impressively: the regrowth of trees has largely been stopped by the constant grazing; invasive plants such as the Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) and dominating patches of Wood Small-reed grasses (Calamagrostis epigejos) have been displaced. Grassland has successfully spread. Thanks to the water buffalo, ponds and swamp areas have developed very well. Rare animal species have found and repopulated suitable habitats in the area. Visitors can access and enjoy the model combination of nature conservation, recreation and farming on a walking trail encircling the grazing area. For the inhabitants of the adjacent housing area, the wild animals have already become treasured components of their community. The grazing area is complemented by further park areas with opportunities for sports and recreation, private gardening plots, small woods, sheep grazing land and meadows with fruit trees. A promenade connects the different recreational areas and five distinctive viewing platforms. Altogether, the housing area has greatly benefited from the varied recreational offerings of the Green Arc. In the Green Arc wilderness meets the city.
More information:Green Paunsdorf (in Leipzig): Flyer download (pdf) (1.3 MB)
