Wilhelma Botanical Garden ( 30 ha) is a zoological-botanical garden and was originally created by King Wilhelm I in 1846, for private use. The buildings are in Moorish ... read more
Tiefurt House (41 ha)were transformed from a simple house into a small stately home, surrounded by an English landscape park, by Prince Friedrich Ferdinand Constantin ... read more
State Park Wilhelmsbad Hanau, English landscape style, was built in 1777 on the initiative of Prince Wilhelm von Hessen-Kassel. Today, with a lake, a castle, a ... read more
State Park Fuerstenlager (48 ha) park, with in its centre an idyllic village around a mineral spring. The park is located in a beautiful valley with woods, ... read more
Schloss Eremitage Waghaeusel is a baroque castle and former hunting lodge for the prince-bishops of Speyer, built 1724 -1729 by Michael Ludwig Rohrer. Today, castle and ... read more
Schloss Charlottenhof is a former summer palace of Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia and his wife, the Bavarian princess Elisabeth Ludovika. It was built ... read more
Sanssouci was built (1745-1747) for Frederick the Great as a place to relax and enjoy a (relative) simple life, without worries, "sans soucis". The villa-like ... read more
Sanspareil Rockgarden, Wonsees, dates back to 1744, and was made for Margravine Wilhelmine, a sister of Frederick the Great. Many features don't exist any longer, ... read more
Rheinsberg Palace was the residence of Frederic the Great , when he was the Prussian Crown Prince. Later his younger brother, Prince Henry of Prussia, lived here and ... read more
Prinz-Georg Palais, today serving as a museum for the Grand Ducal Hessian Porcelain Collection, is together with its garden, a charming Baroque ensemble. read more
Park an der Ilm (48 ha) was created by the Duke Carl August of Sachsen - Weimar and Johann Wolfgang Goethe. read more
The Palais Grosser Garten was created late 17th century for the Dresden Court and surrounded by a large park (147 ha), which was redesigned in English landscape style ... read more
Oranienbaum Palace, was built as an ensemble, together with the park and city, by Henriette Catharina of Orange-Nassau (1637–1708). She was the wife of Johann Georg ... read more
Munich Court Garden, or Hofgarten, was created in 1613–1617 by Maximilian I of Bavaria, and extended during the 18th and 19th century. Today a public park, it was the ... read more
Mosigkau Castle was built as a summer residence between 1752 and 1757 for Princess Anne-Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Dessau. Today it is a museum, whereby the master paintings ... read more
Karlsruhe Palace & Garden were founded in 1715 when Carl Wilhelm began to make his retreat. It is now home to the main museum of the Badische Landesmuseum ... read more
Goethe's Garden House was acquired by Goethe in 1776. He had the house repaired and redesigned the garden. It was an important refuge for him, where he could work ... read more
Frauenwoerth Abbey was founded in 772 by Tassilo III of Bavaria and is located on the second largest of the three islands in Chiemsee. It has a charming garden containing ... read more
Feldafing Park and Rose Island were both created by King Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811-1864). Feldafing Park is popular for its splendid views. The former ... read more
The English Garden, Munich (370 ha/910 acres) is one of the largest public parks in the world. It is an English landscape park, created in 1789 for Charles Theodore of ... read more