The Mathildenhöhe, at 180 meters above sea level, the highest elevation in Darmstadt's city center, was a garden of the grand ducal court as early as the 19th century and was redesigned in the style of an English landscape park in 1833. This created the plane tree grove that is still preserved today. The garden was named after Mathilde Karoline Friederike von Wittelsbach, the wife of Grand Duke Ludwig III. Between 1877 and 1880 a water reservoir was built on Mathildenhöhe to supply Darmstadt with water, and in 1897 the Russian Chapel was built. In 1897 a development plan was drawn up by Karl Hofmann. The development of the southern Mathildenhöhe by the artist colony founded by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig in 1899 led to the current shape from 1900 onwards, which was created by the wedding tower from 1906 and the exhibition building from 1908 (standing on the water reservoir), both designed by the architect Joseph Maria Olbrich, is controlled.

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Werner_65

June 12, 2021

Always worth a visit, just let it work its magic 👍😎

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Lothar S.

November 22, 2021

You can always discover new details on the buildings and the park.

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Location: Hesse, Germany

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