Eichstätt Court Garden
The Hofgarten Eichstätt is located in Eichstätt in the district of the same name in Upper Bavaria . Its size is 22,480 m².
history
Prince-Bishop Franz Ludwig Schenk von Castell had a representative summer residence built in Eichstätt. Gabriel de Gabrieli was responsible as the client . The three garden pavilions also come from him.
From 1735 the court garden was created, which extends in the form of a large rectangle to the southwest towards the Altmühl . The garden, laid out in the Baroque style, was characterized by small tree-lined avenues and meticulously trimmed, partly ornamental, low hedges. After the secularization, the entire area remained in the possession of the last prince-bishop for a few years until it passed to the dukes of Leuchtenberg in 1817 . The new masters had part of the court garden converted into an English garden , in keeping with the custom of the time .
In 1977 the conversion work of the former summer residence into the administrative headquarters of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt was completed. The part of the garden immediately adjacent to the university building was redesigned as a baroque complex. This creates an attractive contrast to the adjacent English Garden.
investment
The courtyard garden currently houses around 180 trees and shrubs of more than 50 different species. It also has the function of a botanical garden. At its extraordinary flora include, for example, the service tree , the tulip tree , the redwood , the catalpa , the hornbeam , the Caucasian wingnut , the plane etc. The oldest trees date back to the time, was redesigned as the courtyard garden to the English garden.
English part of the court garden
Ornamental vase in the English part of the garden
Imposing wall of the courtyard garden
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Coordinates: 48 ° 53 ′ 18.8 ″ N , 11 ° 11 ′ 19.1 ″ E