The park grounds on the western bank of Elster Pleißen Aue were originally part of the Leipzig Riverside Forest.

The corporation leased the main site from the city and bought the southeast-based Ritterwerder (later known as Klingerhain).

[2] The assembly rooms designed by the architects Schmidt and Johlige were eponymous with the park and the main tourist attraction.

The Palmenhaus, located south of the assembly rooms, covers an interior surface of 1.280 m² with palm trees and a variety of tropical flora.

A bridge connects the island in the northern part of the lake to the park's main path.

Since the Gutenberg Reich exhibition was to take place in the park grounds in 1940, the assembly rooms and the Palmhaus were demolished on 10 January 1939.