Lene Voigt Park
The Lene Voigt Park is a park in the locality of Reudnitz in the district south-east of Leipzig, Germany. It was opened in 2004 and named on 13 July 2005 after the Upper Saxon German dialect poet Lene Voigt, who lived in the adjacent Reichpietschstraße from 1920 to 1925.
Description
The long and to wide park takes its shape from the site of the former train station Leipzig Eilenburger Bahnhof, on which it lies. It is in the form of an elongated rectangle oriented west–east. On three sides, the park is bordered by streets at the same level, whereas the street Riebeckstrasse is higher on the east side. It crosses the former railway line on a bridge, along which the park's main path, also called the main promenade, continues eastwards as a rail trail out of the park.The wide main promenade runs straight and opens up the park along its entire length. On its north side, the main promenade is lined with birch trees and a wall made of wire gabions, into which seating is embedded. On the south side of the main promenade there is a wide strip of lawn with trees, which is open to public use. To the south of this, the park is closed off by a ribbon-like structure in which squares planted with robinia trees, hedge cabinets and a variety of sports and games facilities alternate, such as table tennis tables, playing fields as well as opportunities for boules, inline skating, climbing and much more. Some rotating weathering steel elements are striking.
Since 2021, the exchange cabinet "Lenes Tauscho" has been located at the eastern end of the park. It fell victim to vandalism in 2023 but was subsequently rebuilt.