Gutspark Escheberg

Surrounded by tree-covered hills, the Escheberg estate lies on the southern slope of the mountain from which it derives its name. The estate’s special landscape setting and its remote location northwest of the small town of Zierenberg make the charming and romantic spot seem like an enchanted place. In the 19th century, it became known…

Staatspark Karlsaue

The large Baroque park initiated by Landgrave Karl (1654 – 1730) was laid out from 1680 onwards below the old residential palace of the landgraves of Hessen-Kassel. The fundamental components of the basic Baroque structure, comprising the three main paths radiating from the bowling green in front of the orangery, the large basin and “Siebenbergen”…

Schlosspark Wilhelmsthal

A “Gesamtkunstwerk” of Palace and Park The former landgravian pleasure and hunting palace of Wilhelmsthal is one of the most important architectural monuments in the North Hesse region and among the most significant surviving rococo artistic creations in Germany. Some of the most outstanding 18th-century artists worked on the construction of the palace and the…