Dachau Court Garden
After the dilapidated Dachau Castle was converted into a summer palace in 1558 under Duke Albrecht V, a Renaissance garden, geometrically arranged within walls and filled with square flower and herb beds, was created starting in 1578 according to plans by the painter-architect Friedrich Sustris.
Elector Max Emanuel then gave the Dachau Court Garden a Baroque character in 1715. In place of the flower and herb beds, the Elector's master builder, Joseph Effner, designed two large broderie anglaise beds decorated with clipped boxwood and flower borders. At the same time, the Elector purchased a small wooded area west of the garden, which he and his successors equipped with all kinds of play facilities, including a bowling alley, a swing, various wooden huts, and more. At the beginning of the 19th century, the garden was simplified. Court Garden Director Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell had fruit trees planted within the garden walls starting in 1802. (SOURCE: B)