thumb|View over the Great Meadow towards the city center. The Rosental is a , park-like part of the northern Leipzig floodplain forest in Leipzig, Germany. It is bordered by the Elstermühlgraben (Elster mill ditch) to the south and west, the small river Parthe to the north and the Leipzig Zoo to the east.
thumb|View over the Great Meadow towards the city center. The Rosental is a , park-like part of the northern Leipzig floodplain forest in Leipzig, Germany. It is bordered by the Elstermühlgraben (Elster mill ditch) to the south and west, the small river Parthe to the north and the Leipzig Zoo to the east.
== History == thumb|The “Schweizerhäuschen” (Swiss House) in Rosental around 1839. thumb|left|upright|Carl Friedrich Zöllner monument by sculptor Hermann Knaur (1868) thumb|upright|Historic entrance to the Rosental thumb|left|The Rosental Tower on the Rosental Hill around 1900. The tower was inaugurated on 22 June 1896. The name Rosental was first mentioned in a document in 1318. The forest, which was owned by the Saxon electors, was sold to the Leipzig council by John George II, Elector of Saxony on 1 September 1663. As the agreed purchase price of 17,142 guilders was offset against the elector's debts to the city, the seller was left with less than 6,000 guilders. His grandson Augustus II the Strong later contested this deal and accused the Leipzig council of having fraudulently obtained the contract. The council was then forced to begin redesigning the Rosental at the end of November 1707 according to a plan by Johann Christoph von Naumann. The large meadow and thirteen radial, mostly pathless view corridors (six are still visible today) were cut into the Rosental. The corridors were aligned with interesting points in the area. At their intersection, the plan also envisaged an elaborate eleven-axis palace complex. However, since the construction was to be financed from the city of Leipzig's coffers, the council tried to prevent their construction by citing summer mosquito plagues, regular flooding and the supposed threat of gangs of robbers. In the end, only a wooden observation tower was built. However, this was used extensively by Augustus II the Strong during his stays in Leipzig. thumb|The new Rosental Tower with a view of the city centre In 1777, at the suggestion of Hofrat Johann Gottlob Böhme, the Dammweg was built, the first walking path through the Rosental. It led from Gohlis to the Rosental Gate and was further enhanced for visitors in 1782 and 1824 with the opening of two cafés (the Schweizerhäuschen and the Café Bonorand).
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