Schrebergarten

m etwa allotment (garden)

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der Schrebergarten

allotment garden; allotment

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Schre|ber|gar|ten ['ʃreːbɐ-]

m

allotment (Brit), garden plot

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der

(a small part of a larger piece of public ground rented to a person to grow vegetables etc.) allotment

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Schre·ber·gar·ten

[ˈʃre:bɐ]

m allotment

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der ≈ allotment (cultivated primarily as a garden)

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Schrebergarten

A Schrebergarten is an enclosed mini-garden (similar to an allotment) in a large common garden, usually just outside an urban area. As most German city-dwellers live in blocks of flats, many rent a Schrebergarten to provide them with a place where they can grow fruit and flowers and go to relax. The gardens are named after the Leipzig physician D. G. M. Schreber (1808-61), who had the idea of creating playgrounds for children and small gardens for adult part-time gardeners set within a common plot. By law the size of each mini-garden is limited to no more than 400 square metres. Most Schrebergärten have a shed or summer house at one end that often looks like a fairy-tale cottage, and tidy flower beds. The gardeners are members of an association (Schrebergartenverein) which represents their interests

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Schrebergarten m etwa allotment (garden)

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der ≈ allotment (cultivated primarily as a garden)

•• Cultural note:

Schrebergarten

A Schrebergarten is an enclosed mini-garden (similar to an allotment) in a large common garden, usually just outside an urban area. As most German city-dwellers live in blocks of flats, many rent a Schrebergarten to provide them with a place where they can grow fruit and flowers and go to relax. The gardens are named after the Leipzig physician D. G. M. Schreber (1808-61), who had the idea of creating playgrounds for children and small gardens for adult part-time gardeners set within a common plot. By law the size of each mini-garden is limited to no more than 400 square metres. Most Schrebergärten have a shed or summer house at one end that often looks like a fairy-tale cottage, and tidy flower beds. The gardeners are members of an association (Schrebergartenverein) which represents their interests

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m.

allotment garden n.