Ortisei baroque garden
The baroque garden St. Ulrich in Müuellen (Geiseltal) was laid out under the Lords of Breitenbauch around 1720 opposite his manor and moated castle St. Ulrich on the south slope.
The garden was surrounded by a high wall made of limestone quarry stones, through which one entered the garden via two side portals. Next to these entrances were two life-size sculptures that symbolized the four seasons. Overall, it was a magnificent garden with the typical elements of a baroque garden, strictly symmetrical and structured according to a visual axis from portal to portal. Three artificial terraces with steps of roughly the same height were created, also made of broken limestone. Later on, a tea house in the classicist style was added to the top, which was used to celebrate. In the years 1921 to 1925, Karl Roderich von Helldorff, the owner of the castle and estate Sankt Ulrich at the time, had the garden redesigned in terms of architecture and horticulture. Among other things, twelve putti were added as figurative jewelry.
After the Second World War, with the expropriation of the von Helldorff family , the baroque garden was neglected. In the 1970s in particular, the facilities fell into disrepair and destroyed. The figural decorations disappeared, both the symbolic four seasons and the twelve putti. The tea house became a windowless and roofless ruin. Since 1993 the baroque garden has been partially restored. The limestone walls were rebuilt true to the original.
Adjacent to the terrace garden is a landscape park , also laid out around 1720 under the von Breitenbauch - in English style. It has trees that are more than 250 years old, some of which are rare. A perennial garden in the park disappeared after 1945. A bath house was demolished and the associated bathing pool filled. Among other things, a sandstone bench with figurative decorations was preserved. The park, which has been protected since 1977, makes a well-tended impression again today.
Web links
- Sights of Munchen
- Barockgarten Müelte ( Memento from January 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 6 " N , 11 ° 47 ′ 49.5" E