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Small Lake in the Hofgarten, Veitshöchheim

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Small Lake in the Hofgarten, Veitshöchheim

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Small Lake in the Hofgarten, Veitshöchheim

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Location: Veitshöchheim, Landkreis Würzburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Rococo Garden Veitshöchheim – Veitshöchheim Palace loop from Erlabrunn

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02:49

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2. Veitshöchheim Palace – Rococo Garden Veitshöchheim loop from Margetshöchheim

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3. Church Square, Veitshöchheim – Veitshöchheim Water Tower loop from Veitshöchheim

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02:07

110m

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July 2, 2024

The historic irrigation system in the court garden still feeds the water features in the Great Lake today and appears in a variety of forms: as a reflective lake surface, a rippling cascade staircase and fine spring jets.

As early as 1764, Prince-Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim wrote about Veitshöchheim: "I have water everywhere in great quantities," in other words more than enough. On the slope side of the garden, where the cascade was later built, large quantities of water emerged from the ground. In order to prevent the garden from becoming swampy, this spring was captured before 1720 and a well house was built over it. An underground canal led the water directly into the Great Lake.

Due to the abundant flow of the springs, the Small Lake, the Hechtsee, the Karpfensee and the Küchensee could also be supplied with fresh water all year round. This enabled extensive fish farming to supply the prince-bishop's court kitchen.

The majority of the water is still fed into the Great Lake today. The underground canals built for this purpose have different cross-sections depending on the amount of water being drained. In the last section of the canal, the spring water is channeled from the water tower into the Main.

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Small Lake in the Hofgarten, Veitshöchheim

1. Rococo Garden Veitshöchheim – Veitshöchheim Palace loop from Erlabrunn

2. Veitshöchheim Palace – Rococo Garden Veitshöchheim loop from Margetshöchheim

3. Church Square, Veitshöchheim – Veitshöchheim Water Tower loop from Veitshöchheim

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