The temple of Hygieia was built in 1797 in Machern as the last park, with which Carl Graf von Lindenau decided his magnificent Saxon gardens.
EW Glasewald described the Temple of Hygeia in 1799 as follows: "A small stream comes from a spring over which an open temple is built in the shadow of a dark grove of the goddess of health, as an allusion to the spring whose waters contain mineral parts. Steps lead to the entrance, formed by two pilasters and two free-standing, mature Doric columns, above the main cornice is a niche, and inside is a sacrificial vessel, in the form of a closed vase, with snakes as handle (handle) The fountain is located in the back wall, protected by a wire mesh, and above it stands the statue of the goddess in a niche, portrayed as a beautiful girl, with gentle gravity in her eyes, holding in her left hand the salvific shell from which a snake drinks, its common attribute, next to it are two small niches in the wall for vases From the steps of this temple one has an excellent view of the alluvial pond. "