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Pluto Grotto (Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe)

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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Pluto Grotto (Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe)

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Pluto Grotto (Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe)

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Location: Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Best Hikes to Pluto Grotto (Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe)

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1. Höllenteich loop from Dorf Mulang

7.29km

02:18

280m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Steinhöfer Waterfall – Wilhelmshöhe Palace loop from Neuholland

10.1km

03:09

380m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Höllenteich loop from Motzberg

15.9km

04:35

380m

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Freelancer 🥾 🚵 🏍️🏃‍♂️

July 31, 2023

The Pluto Grotto is a place that I would definitely recommend. Here you will find beautiful figures that will immediately captivate you. The artistically designed sculptures are a real highlight and impress with their attention to detail.

What makes the Pluto Grotto particularly spectacular is the fantastic view you have from here of the valley and Wilhelmshöhe Palace. It is simply impressive how the majestic palace rises against the backdrop of the valley. You can let your gaze wander and take in the beauty of the landscape.

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Tevion1505 (Andreas)

July 21, 2021

Built 1766 - 1768, renovated in 1820 according to plans by Simon Louis du Ry and Johann Conrad Bromeis. The name of the building, directly in the main axis of the park, is the Roman god Pluto. Originally, the windows and doors were colorfully glazed, and the plaster inside depicted mythological scenes of horror and the underworld.

The building is no longer in its original state, windows and doors as well as the figurines inside are missing. For a few years now, two stone sea monsters by Johann August Nahl the Elder have been standing in the outer wall niches. The sculptures originally came from Wilhelmsthal Castle and were on the facade of the Pluto grotto from 1798 until the end of the 19th century.

Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergpark_Wilhelmsh%C3%B6he#Weiter_Geb%C3%A4ude

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Werner

November 20, 2019

The Plutogrotte can be reached on the right next to the Teufelsbrücke on a separate path.

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Elevation 370 m

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Location: Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Pluto Grotto (Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe)

1. Höllenteich loop from Dorf Mulang

2. Steinhöfer Waterfall – Wilhelmshöhe Palace loop from Neuholland

3. Höllenteich loop from Motzberg

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