No monastery without a monastery garden. In the original abbey this was a cloister garden with square beds. At the beginning of the 19th century it was transformed into an …

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The English Park is a unique green witness to a completely new view of the world and nature, which emerged between 1750 and 1850: all over Europe, lords of the manor, abbesses and princes exchanged their strict formal gardens for lush landscape parks, with special tree species, vistas and walking paths. Moreover, this park has remained almost untouched since then, a secret garden that is now being opened up to everyone.
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The castle park extends to the east of the old and new abbey quarters. It is an elongated park in landscape style with monumental groups of trees, striking because of …

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