Europa Rosarium

The Europa Rosarium in Sangerhausen has the biggest collection of roses in the global. Today, more than 8600 species of roses and rose varieties, over 57 rose types a complete of approximately 80,000 rose bushes are planted on a place of 13 hectares. Among them are approximately 500 distinct species and sorts of wild roses. The Rosarium Sangerhausen changed into to start with meant with the aid of the Association of German Rose Friends as a collection factor for newly added rose varieties.

Peter Lambert rose grower from Trier and founding member of the VDR advised in 1897 to create a club rose. The rose collector Albert Hoffmann donated his series with about 1100 types of roses as a foundation for the Rosarium. In 1899 the garden architect Friedrich Erich Doerr designed a proper rose garden, which becomes prolonged in 1902 by using an agricultural component. After 5 years, the Rosarium Sangerhausen on an area of 1.5 hectares on July 3, 1903 was made accessible to the Congress of German Rose Friends to the general public.