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North Rhine-Westphalia

Detmold District

Kreis Lippe
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Detmold Palace Garden

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Detmold District

Kreis Lippe
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Detmold Palace Garden

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Detmold Palace Garden

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    Location: Detmold, Kreis Lippe, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    August 25, 2021

    Established at the beginning of the 18th century as the Hortus Conclusus (wall in the north and east preserved) of the Favorite pleasure palace (Friedamadolphsburg); 1849–1853 redesign of the baroque axial layout as an English landscape garden, with expansion from 2.5 to 7.5 hectares. Design by Peter Joseph Lenné (huge work: Potsdam, Brühl, Elisengarten + hospital garden [Casino] Aachen, Bad Oeynhausen, etc.), At the same time, renovation of the Favorite pleasure palace in the ›Neues Palais‹ 1850–1854, today the University of Music.
    Basic structures with valuable trees, open meadow spaces and visual relationships, fountains and water features and remnants of the baroque gardens have been preserved.
    Fountains created in 1855, turbine with a 2 m drop at the end of Neustadt, fed by Friedrichsthaler Canal, elevated reservoir, 25 meters in altitude, 8 water features, of which the swan pond, frog fountain, dolphin fountain, lily pond with fountain, large cascade grotto on the Alter Postweg (small cascade grotto at Water lily pond still visible) Storage pond 1000 cbm outside.
    Exotic trees (tulip tree, river cedar, 2 sequoias that Leopold III brought back from a trip to Italy in 1858). Several tree halls made from local deciduous trees (English oak, linden, sycamore maple), planted roundels (›12 Apostles‹).
    1965–1967 instead of an older rose garden in the vicinity of the new concert hall (Aulabau), a rose garden based on a design by Hermann Mattern / Kassel (from 1948 professor at the Kassel Art Academy, 1955 BUGA Kassel). Strictly architecturally designed, multi-level terrace system with wide stairs as an extension of the concert hall to the outside (also materially in the exposed concrete walls and the small paved floor, which extend from the inside to the outside).

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      December 6, 2021

      Winter walk is not worth it, watered again from spring. I found it very nice to stroll through for an afternoon

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        February 13, 2024

        Can be visited free of charge at any time of the year. But it's much nicer in summer because that's when the fountains are on

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          September 8, 2024

          The approximately 7.5 hectare landscape park was created in 1851 at the New Palace (today: Music Academy) of the Lippe princely house. It was the result of the redesign of an originally approximately 2.4 hectare baroque garden surrounded by a high wall in the style of a "hortus conclusus". By incorporating parts of a zoo, wide and varied meadow areas were created and planted with exotic trees. Several striking tree rondelles, including the "12 Apostles", are typical features of the park.

          A special attraction are the fountains and water features created between 1851 and 1858, all of which are still in use. These include the oval basin with the large fountain and the "Small" and "Large Cascade" made of mighty stone blocks. The frog fountain, the dolphin fountain and the swan pond are decorated with figurative ornaments.

          In 1918, the garden was opened to the public. In 1965/68, the choir and orchestra building of the University of Music was built in the southern part of the park. The gardening redesign of this area was carried out by the prominent garden architect Prof. Hermann Mattern.
          Source: eghn.org/de/5074-2

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            April 7, 2024

            The palace garden is really beautifully laid out.
            Lots of bushes, trees and flowers create a wonderful play of colors and the many water fountains invite you to linger.

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              September 12, 2024

              Beautifully landscaped former baroque park that was converted into an English landscape garden. Unfortunately, the many existing water features were all out of use.

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