The Rosarium Uetersen is a rose garden located in the city of Uetersen

Uetersen

Uetersen ) is a city in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. south of Elmshorn, and northwest of Hamburg at the small river Pinnau, close to the Elbe river...

, Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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The Rosarium is the oldest and largest rose garden in Northern Germany. Established in 1929 and originally designed by landscaping

Landscape

Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including the physical elements of landforms such as mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of...

 architect

Architect

An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

 Berthold Thormählen, Mathias Tantau

Rosen Tantau

Rosen Tantau is a Rosen breeding company located at Uetersen, in the District of Pinneberg in Schleswig-Holstein. It is one of the most important Rose farms worldwide, and has a large number of well-known rose varieties produced...

 and Wilhelm Kordes

Wilhelm Kordes

Wilhelm Kordes I was a German horticulturist.His sons, the breeder Wilhelm Kordes II and Hermann Kordes continued to expand the business, now known as W. Kordes’ Söhne...

, the rosarium covers at present over seven hectares more than 35,000 roses and 1020 various rose varieties in all gradations of color and aroma nuances presented.

External links

• Homepage of the Rosarium

Literature

• Hanny Tantau, Hans-Peter Mühlbach (dt) und Carol Jesse (en) (Hrsg.): Rosarium Uetersen - Die ganze Rosenvielfalt in Wort und Bild
  Heide: Boyens Buchverlag 2009, ISBN 978-3-8042-1279-4