Green Leipzig – Western Suburbs

This concerns the former western suburbs of Leipzig, which have long since been incorporated into the city.

Greenery (presumably grapevines) at a brewery in Leipzig-Großzschocher, before 1900

Begrünung (vermutlich Weinspaliere) an einer Brauerei in Leipzig-Großzschocher, vor 1900

The western suburbs of Leipzig

Here, too, there were all sorts of vine trellises, which disappeared around 1900 as a result of urbanisation. Please note the source references beneath many of the images.

The western suburbs of the city of Leipzig / Saxony

Böhlitz-Ehrenberg

A vine trellis on a farm building, Auenstraße 40, D-04178 Leipzig-Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, c. 1900, etching by Arthur Liebsch, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig City History Museum)

The same building as before? A vine trellis at the "Alte Schmiede" in D-04178 Leipzig-Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, c. 1900, photographer: Adolf Deininger

Vegetation, presumably Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata), at the village church in Gundorf, Böhlitz-Ehrenberg / D - 04178 Leipzig, before 1929, Source 12 (Deutsche Fotothek / Cölln, Fritz)

Wooden trellis at Ehrenberg Mill in Böhlitz-Ehrenberg / D - 04178 Leipzig, before 1945, Source 12 (Deutsche Fotothek / Kröber, Paul)

Artistic wooden trellis in the country house estate "Daheim am Bienitz-Wald", Gundorf / Böhlitz-Ehrenberg / D - 04178 Leipzig, c. 1930

See previous photo: Wooden trellis restored to its historical design in Gundorf / Böhlitz-Ehrenberg / D - 04178 Leipzig, 2018

Großzschocher – Windorf

Wooden trellis at the "Körnerhaus" at Huttenstraße 2, 04207 Leipzig-Großzschocher, c. 1898, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

A vine trellis at the "Körnerhaus" at Huttenstraße 2, 04207 Leipzig-Großzschocher, c. 1900

Wine trellis at the tenant’s house on the manor estate / castle in D - 04207 Leipzig-Großzschocher-Windorf, c. 1908, Source 27

Wine trellis at the tenant’s house of the manor / castle in D - 04207 Leipzig-Großzschocher-Windorf, c. 1903, Source 27

A "castle" or manor house set in grounds in D - 04207 Leipzig-Großzschocher-Windorf, c. 1908, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Trees trained close to the wall (presumably espalier fruit trees) on an estate in Windorf, Brück & Sohn, 1899, Source 12

Wooden trellis on Windorfer Straße in D-04207 Leipzig-Großzschocher, c. 1920, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Wooden trellis at the corner building at Dieskaustraße 212 in D - 04207 Leipzig-Großzschocher, c. 1920, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Espalier fruit trees on a building in Buttergasse, D-04207 Leipzig-Großzschocher, c. 1919, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig City History Museum)

Vertical gardens, presumably featuring grapevines, at Dieskaustraße 177 (before 1900: Carl Liebscher Brewery, subsequently F. A. Ulrich Brewery) in D - 04207 Leipzig-Großzschocher, circa 1920

Kleinzschocher

Wooden trellis at the "Sperlingsburg" on Kantatenweg in D-04229 Leipzig-Kleinzschocher, c. 1900, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig City History Museum)

Wooden trellis (with vines?) at the old village church on Windorfer Straße in D-04229 Leipzig-Kleinzschocher, c. 1900, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

A vine arbour at the old village church on Windorfer Straße in D-04229 Leipzig-Kleinzschocher, c. 1900, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig City History Museum)

A vine trellis at the old church on Windorfer Straße (with the new "Taborkirche" behind it) in D-04229 Leipzig-Kleinzschocher, c. 1905, Source 24 (digital copy from the University Library of Leipzig, taken from "Arved Rossbach und seine Bauten", Berlin, 1904)

A small vine (left) on a house on Windorfer Straße in D - 04229 Leipzig-Kleinzschocher, c. 1905, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Wine arbour (left) on Windorfer Straße in D - 04229 Leipzig-Kleinzschocher, before 1917, photographer: Hermann Walter, source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig City History Museum)

A lush vine trellis at Windorfer Straße 49, D-04229 Leipzig-Kleinzschocher, c. 1925, photographer: Johannes Mühler, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Wooden trellis at Windorfer Straße 49, D-04229 Leipzig-Kleinzschocher, c. 1920

Knauthain

Landscaping at Knauthain Castle; on the right, presumably wisteria, Ritter-Pflugk-Straße 24, D-04249 Leipzig-Knauthain, c. 1905, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Vegetation on the vicarage and an outbuilding, presumably five-leafed Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) in D - 04249 Leipzig-Knautnauthain, c. 1910, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig City History Museum)

Vegetation on the vicarage and an outbuilding, presumably five-leafed Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) in D - 04249 Leipzig-Knautnauthain, c. 1915, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Wooden trellises and greenery at the vicarage, Seumestraße 129, D-04249 Leipzig-Knautnauthain, c. 1930, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig City History Museum)

Knautkleeberg

Farmstead with a vine arbour, formerly Uferstraße 4, D-04249 Leipzig-Knautkleeberg, c. 1928, Source 12 (Deutsche Fotothek / Kröber, Paul)

Lausen

Farm with a vine trellis in autumn, c. 1928, Source 12 (Deutsche Fotothek / Kröber, Paul)

The same farm in Leipzig-Lausen with a vine, c. 1928, Source 12 (Deutsche Fotothek / Kröber, Paul)

Lindenau

"Kuhturm complex" with grapevines in D - 04177 Leipzig-Lindenau, watercolour c. 1850, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Vine trellis at the "Kuhturm" in D - 04177 Leipzig-Lindenau, c. 1875, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig City History Museum)

"Kuhturm complex" with two climbing vines (wooden basket providing protection at the base) in D - 04177 Leipzig-Lindenau, painting circa 1895, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

A gardener’s building with vertical tension wires, climbing roses and flower boxes, Lützner Straße 118, 04177 Leipzig-Lindenau, c. 1890

A wooden trellis on a building on what is now Birkenstraße in D - 04177 Leipzig-Lindenau, circa 1900, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

A vine arbour at Lützener Straße 21 (garden side) in D-04177 Leipzig-Lindenau, circa 1900, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

On the right of the picture, a vine on Merseburger Straße, D-04105 Leipzig, c. 1905, Source 5 (Wieland Zumpe Collection, Leipzig)

Landscaping at the "Goetz-Haus" (garden side), Lützner Straße 11, 04177 Leipzig-Lindenau, c. 1920, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

A building with greenery at 14 Odermannstraße / on the corner of Lützner Straße in D - 04177 Leipzig-Lindenau, circa 1905

Green buildings, presumably five-leafed Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) in the "Palmengarten" in Leipzig-Lindenau, c. 1910

Green buildings, presumably five-leafed Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) in the "Palmengarten" in Leipzig-Lindenau, c. 1910

Green buildings in the “Palmengarten” in Leipzig-Lindenau, photographer: Johannes Mühler, c. 1935, Source 12

Plagwitz

Farmstead with climbing plants (vines?) at Alte Straße 1, D-04229 Leipzig-Plagwitz; photographer: Hermann Walter, c. 1900; source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig City History Museum)

Schleußig

House with a wooden trellis, presumably on what is now Rödelstraße in D - 04229 Leipzig-Schleußig, watercolour circa 1890, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Flooding, farmstead with a chequered trellis on Probsteistraße in D - 04229 Leipzig-Schleußig, 7 February 1909, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig Museum of City History)

Landscaping in a garden featuring climbing roses and the native floodplain vine 'Clematis vitalba', probably in Schleußig / D - 04229 Leipzig, c. 1910

Schönau

Wooden trellis at the entrance to the manor house at what was then Möstelstraße 6 in D-04205 Leipzig-Schönau, c. 1911, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig City History Museum)

Manor house with wooden trellis at what was then Möstelstraße 6 in D - 04205 Leipzig-Schönau, c. 1935, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig City History Museum)

Leaves of grapevines at the manor house at what was then Möstelstraße 6 in D-04205 Leipzig-Schönau, c. 1935, Source 11 (stadtmuseum.leipzig.de – database, Leipzig City History Museum)

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