English forest (Dischingen)

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View of the English forest with its enchanted avenue of chestnut trees

The English Forest is located above Dischingen near Taxis Castle . The name English forest was adopted from the English landscape gardens .

history

In 1781, Prince Carl Anselm von Thurn und Taxis bought a large part of the community forest of Dischingen, which has been expanded and supplemented over the years. The area is typical of the 18th century. In contrast to the French-style baroque gardens with their large, geometrically laid out flower beds (parterres), there are hardly any flowering plants in the classic English landscape gardens. Nature can develop unhindered. Meadows alternate with forest, the variety of trees is considerable and heaped hills raise flat surfaces. Many narrow, winding paths lead through the area. Some very old avenues enrich its flora: chestnut avenues always lead to the castle, linden avenues to the merrymaking. The first architectural facades began in the summer of 1785, "at the temple on the Schneckenberg (because only this existed in the first few years) and at the Hermitage, the predecessor of today's hermitage".

Big festivities once took place in the spacious area. So was z. B. the wedding of Hereditary Prince Karl Alexander with Princess Therese von Mecklenburg-Strelitz celebrated princely:

In the nearby English Forest, especially at the Diana Temple, the Hermitage and on the Charles Fountain by the Chinese Tower, a Venetian fair with 1200 prizes and 1200 byes was held by the prince in honor of the couple.

In the English Forest there are still some small (sometimes very dilapidated) buildings and monuments, while others, e.g. B. the Chinese Tower or the Diana Temple no longer exist.

gallery

  • Former shooting range

  • Former hermitage

  • Monument commemorates Elisabeth von Lenthe, Princess Therese's chambermaid

  • Small water fountain at the Karlsbrunnen

  • Karlsbrunnen

  • Kastanienallee to the Karlsbrunnen

  • Monument in the English Forest

  • Information board about the English forest

  • Information board with information on the individual buildings and monuments at the parking lot of the English Forest

  • Again and again the forest opens up with a view of extensive meadows

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Angelmaier 1993/194, p. 176.
  2. ↑ Dallmeier / Schad 1996, p. 76.

literature

  • Ursula Angelmaier: Carlsbrunnen and the English Forest near Dischingen: the first years. In: Heimat- und Altertumsverein Heidenheim: Jahrbuch 5. 1993/94, pp. 166–190.
  • Martin Dallmeier, Martha Schad: The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis. 300 years of history in pictures. Regensburg 1996, ISBN 3-7917-1492-9 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 41 ′ 44 ″  N , 10 ° 22 ′ 22 ″  E