Jenisch House

Jenisch House is a country house in Hamburg built in the 19th century and an example of Hanseatic lifestyle and neoclassical architecture. As of 2008, Jenisch House is the home of the Museum für Kunst und Kultur an der Elbe. It is located within the Jenisch park in the Othmarschen quarter.HistoryThe house was built by Franz Forsmann and Karl Schinkel for Martin Johann Jenisch between 1831 and 1834. Jenisch used it as a country house.LocationJenisch House is located in Jenisch Park, Hamburg's oldest landscaped park and a protected area of 43ha. The park was landscaped by Caspar Voght as a model farm and arboretum about 1800. It is located in the former independent locality of Klein Flottbek, now part of the Othmarschen quarter of Hamburg with a view toward the Elbe river, often described as "magnificent". In 1828 Jenisch bought the farm and gardens from Voght and redesigned the area with the construction of his house. Jenisch Park participated in the Tag des offenen Denkmals ("Day of the Open Heritage Site"), a national annual event of the Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz, opening cultural heritage sites to the public, in 2007 and 2008.