Sanspareil ([sɑ̃paˈʀɛj], German without equal, the locals pronounce the word Sanspareil in German) is a village in the municipality of Wonsees (district of Kulmbach in Upper Franconia), which is known for the Sanspareil rock garden below the medieval Hohenzollernburg Zwernitz.
Margravine Wilhelmine von Bayreuth, sister of Frederick the Great, had this garden laid out in 1744. Joseph Saint-Pierre and Giovanni Battista Pedrozzi are named as architects of the rock garden. The name of the park goes back to the exclamation of a lady-in-waiting of the Bayreuth margrave: "C’est sans pareil!" (This is unparalleled!). Margravine Wilhelmine also intended to have the water features that were common at the time. However, given the location, this was not feasible with the resources at the time, so that the entire system could not be expanded any further. The interest of the margravine therefore decreased significantly. The garden was completed by Margrave Carl Alexander. The rock theater was designed as a Roman ruin with a natural rock grotto serving as an auditorium.
In the centuries that followed, the complex fell into disrepair. The many buildings disappeared because they were only made of wood - especially in the park - or were sold for demolition to make way for a street. At the moment only the oriental building, the rock theater and the kitchen building are left. In 1984 the lowered ground floor between the oriental building and the kitchen building was reconstructed based on an engraving from 1748.