Europa-Rosarium

The Europa-Rosarium, formerly the Rosarium Sangerhausen, is a municipal rose garden located in Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. With some 8,600 species it is recognized as the largest rose collection in the world for both area and variety of roses, playing an important role as a budwood source and in research. In 2003 it was granted the Award of Garden Excellence by the World Federation of Rose Societies. It is open daily in the warmer months and charges an admission fee. Today the garden contains about 80,000 rose bushes representing over 6,300 different rose cultivars, and describes itself as the most comprehensive rose collection in the world, with a Wild Rose collection containing more than 500 species of rare trees and shrubs. The focus of the rose garden lies in cultivars from the early 20th century, but the collection of rose species and of climbing and rambling cultivars are notable, too. About 2000 of the cultivars presented can only be found in Sangerhausen, even though the garden sends scions to rose collections around the world. The garden also contains an arboretum of about 250 types of trees and shrubs.