Green Leipzig – Eastern Suburbs

This section focuses on the eastern suburbs of the medieval city of Leipzig. These were all small villages that gradually became more urbanised and were incorporated into Leipzig.

Trellis with grapevines in Leipzig-Probstheida, around 1930

Rankgitter mit Weinreben in Leipzig-Probstheida, um 1930

The eastern suburbs of Leipzig

There used to be a great many vine trellises here, all of which disappeared as a result of urbanisation and development. Please note the source references beneath many of the images.

The eastern suburbs of the city of Leipzig / Saxony

Anger-Crottendorf

House with a trellis on Gartenstraße / Anger No. 7 in Anger-Crottendorf / Leipzig, circa 1900, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Baalsdorf

The depot of "FassadenGrün" with wooden trellises at what is now 69 Brandiser Straße in Baalsdorf / D - 04316 Leipzig, before 1925

The depot of "FassadenGrün" with green trellises at what is now 69 Brandiser Straße in Baalsdorf / D - 04316 Leipzig, after 1925

The depot of "FassadenGrün" with a vine trellis at the manor house at what is now 69 Brandiser Straße in Baalsdorf / D - 04316 Leipzig, probably after 1925

Engelsdorf

Holzhausen

Liebertwolkwitz

House with an ornate wooden trellis in Liebertwolkwitz / D - 04288 Leipzig, c. 1910

Meusdorf

Small wooden trellis with horizontal slats on the building at Wilhelm-His-Str. 3, Meusdorf / D - 04289 Leipzig, c. 1943 (following a bombing raid), Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Mölkau

Probstheida

Houses with wooden trellises on the bend of what was then known as ‘Preußenstraße’; No. 43 in the centre at the back, and presumably No. 49 on the right, demolished as part of the road-widening works, c. 1930, Source 19

A vine trellis at the house at "Preußenstraße 43", later "Leninstraße 219", now Prager Straße; the house was demolished as part of road-widening works, c. 1930, Source 19

A vine-covered trellis; in the foreground, “Preußenstraße 45”, later “Leninstraße 221”, now Prager Straße; the building was demolished as part of the road-widening works, c. 1920, Source 19

A vine-covered trellis at "Preußenstraße 49", later "Leninstraße", now Prager Straße; the house was probably demolished as part of the road-widening works, c. 1930, Source 19

An ivy-covered arbour and vine trellis on the west side of “Preußenstraße”, later “Leninstraße”, now Prager Straße, c. 1930, Source 19

According to the sign reading "Glycinenhaus" on Russenstraße in Leipzig-Probstheida; however, the vegetation consists of grapevines, not wisteria, c. 1930, Source 19

A wooden trellis covered in greenery behind a street tree, presumably on Russenstraße in D - 04289 Leipzig-Probstheida, Source 19

A vine arbour by the road and a vine trellis along the eaves of the "Fleck Estate" on the corner of Russenstraße and Augustinerstraße, c. 1930, Source 19

Wooden trellis on a gable, Augustinerstraße 1, D-04289 Leipzig-Probstheida, c. 1930, Source 19

Wooden trellis on a gable in D - 04289 Leipzig-Probstheida, c. 1930, Source 19

Greenery featuring five-leafed Virginia creeper (presumably Parthenocissus quinquefolia) on a wooden trellis, "Haus Meuche", Dösner Straße 12, 04289 Leipzig, Germany, c. 1940

Reudnitz

Wine arbour at Kapellenstraße 1, D-04315 Leipzig-Reudnitz, c. 1880, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Wine trellises at Kohlgartenstraße 28 (now 47) in D-04315 Leipzig-Reudnitz, c. 1885, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig City History Museum)

"Remmler's Estate" with wooden trellises at Kohlgartenstraße 33 (now 57) in D - 04315 Leipzig-Reudnitz, c. 1880, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig City History Museum)

Four houses with wooden trellises (“Remmlers Gut” – see previous photo) at Kohlgartenstraße 33 (later 57), in D-04315 Leipzig-Reudnitz, c. 1900, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Wine trellises at Kohlgartenstraße 26, D-04315 Leipzig-Reudnitz, circa 1883, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

(Wine) trellis at the "Alte Schule" in D - 04315 Leipzig-Reudnitz, c. 1886, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Wine arbour at Kohlgartenstraße 29 (49?) in D - 04315 Leipzig-Reudnitz, c. 1889, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Large trellised walls covered in vines at Kohlgartenstraße 51/53 (“Prautzschs Gut”) in D - 04315 Leipzig-Reudnitz, c. 1895, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Once again: a vine trellis at Kohlgartenstraße 51–53 (“Prautzschs Gut”) in D-04315 Leipzig-Reudnitz, photographer: Hermann Walter, c. 1900, source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Wooden trellis at Kohlgartenstraße 53, see previous photo (“Prautzsch’s Estate”) in D-04315 Leipzig-Reudnitz, c. 1903, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

A vine arbour at "Noack's Nursery" at Feldstraße 28 (now Anna-Kuhnow-Straße) in D - 04317 Leipzig-Reudnitz, c. 1900, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig City History Museum)

Village street lined with trees in D - 04315 Leipzig-Reudnitz (“Tutzschkendorf” – “Tietschendorf”), c. 1900, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

House with a vine trellis at what was then “Leipziger Straße 14” (now “Gabelsbergerstraße”), in D-04317 Leipzig-Reudnitz, c. 1900, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Wooden trellis at Täubchenweg 87, D-04317 Leipzig-Reudnitz, photographer: Hermann Walter, c. 1900, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

A vine trellis at the house at Breite Straße 13, D-04317 Leipzig-Reudnitz; photographer: Johannes Mühler, c. 1920; source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Demolition of a farmstead with a wooden trellis on Kapellenstraße in D - 04315 Leipzig-Reudnitz, photographer: Arthur Liebsch, c. 1920, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Gable with vine trellis in D - 04315 Leipzig-Reudnitz (“Tutzschkendorf” – “Tietschendorf”), photographer: R. Zaspel, c. 1920, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

A green façade, presumably featuring 'five-leaved Virginia creeper' (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) on Konstantinstraße in D - 04315 Leipzig-Reudnitz, circa 1920, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Sellerhausen

A vine in winter on an old half-timbered house (right) on Wurzener Straße, with the junction with Torgauer Straße on the left, in D - 04315 Leipzig-Sellerhause, c. 1900, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig City History Museum)

Windows adorned with flower boxes at an inn at Wurzener Straße 57 A, with the junction with Torgauer Straße on the left, in D - 04315 Leipzig-Sellerhause, c. 1900, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

A vine arbour in the village square of Sellerhausen / D - 04318 Leipzig, c. 1920

Sommerfeld

A procession in Leipzig-Sommerfeld; on the left, some trellises; a detail from the previous photograph. Photographer: Johannes Mühler, c. 1935, Source 12

Stötteritz

Thonberg

Landscaping at the “Sanatorium for the Mentally Ill”, now the “Güntz-Park” site, Thonberg-Stötteritz / D - 04299 Leipzig, c. 1900, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Wooden trellis in Leipzig-Thonberg, c. 1935, Source 12

Volkmarsdorf Rabet

Numerous vine trellises in Rabet Street, D-04315 Leipzig-Volkmarsdorf, circa 1889; artist: Heinrich Georg Drescher; source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig City History Museum)

Large wooden trellis (for vines?) in D - 04315 Leipzig-Stötteritz, c. 1900, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Zuckelhausen

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