Nymphenburg Palace Park

Nymphenburg Palace Park
Schlosspark Nymphenburg
Grand Cascade
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LocationMunich, Germany
Coordinates48°9′28″N 11°29′34″E / 48.15778°N 11.49278°E / 48.15778; 11.49278
Area229 ha
DesignerAgostino Barelli, Friedrich Ludwig Sckell, Charles Carbonet, Dominique Girard, Joseph Effner, François de Cuvilliés
Operated byBavarian Administration of State-Owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes[1]

The Nymphenburg Palace Park ranks among the finest and most important examples of garden design in Germany. In combination with the palace buildings, the Grand circle entrance structures and the expansive park landscape form the ensemble of the Nymphenburg Summer Residence of Bavarian dukes and kings, located in the modern Munich Neuhausen-Nymphenburg borough. The site is a Listed Monument, a Protected Landscape and to a great extent a Natura2000 area.[2][3][4][5]

The exquisite composition of formal garden elements and English-style country park is considered a masterpiece of garden design and the spacious complex of palace and park has always been a popular attraction for local residents and tourists alike. To the east the park adjoins the palace buildings and the Grand circle. To the south and west the park is largely enclosed by the original Garden wall and borders the Botanical Garden to the north and beyond Menzinger Straße the park peripherie partly merges with the Kapuzinerhölzl forest.[6][7]

The designs of the original Baroque gardens had largely been modeled on the French gardens at Vaux-le-Vicomte and Versailles. The modern park layout is the result of a fundamental redesign by Friedrich Ludwig Sckell, beginning in 1799. The park area within the Garden wall occupies 180 hectares and the complete complex covers 229 hectares.[8][9]

Temple of Apollo
View along the Central canal
Boy being dragged down by dolphin, Peter Lamine (1816)
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  8. ^ Carl August Sckell (1840). Das königliche Lustschloß Nymphenburg und seine Gartenanlagen: mit einem Plane. Jaquet. pp. 39–.
  9. ^ Rainer Herzog. "Die Behandlung Von Alleen Des 18. Jahrhunderts in Nympenburg..." (PDF). ICOMOS International. Retrieved December 29, 2019.