Cabinet garden
The Cabinet Garden is a small courtyard on the eastern side of the royal residence in Munich . The cabinet garden adjoins the Allerheiligen-Hofkirche .
history
In the middle of the 19th century, the courtyard was built on the eastern edge of the residence, which was separated by a wall and could only be entered through a narrow opening. Originally there was a fountain in the middle, which was surrounded by lawns and bordered by four linden trees on the courtyard wall and a wooden arcade. In the 20th century the garden overran and was used as a vegetable garden or as a chicken yard.
In 2002, the Bavarian Ministry of Finance decided to redesign the garden by landscape architect Peter Kluska . The construction work lasted from October 2002 to June 2003. The cost is given as 437,000 euros.
layout
The small garden with 1000 m² fills a niche in the building line of the residence. It is accessible to the general public from Marstallplatz . In addition, a newly created outside staircase leads from the interior of the residence to the garden. It can be reached at events from the Allerheiligen-Hofkirche, the foyer of the Cuvilliés-Theater and from the Brunnenhof.
The narrow entrance leads to a small square with a sculpture by the sculptor Fritz Koenig . The subsequent middle way is bordered by flat water surfaces with geometric mosaics. These in turn are bordered by narrow strips of lawn. At the opposite end there is another small square with a round, low fountain lined with four plane trees , the crowns of which are trimmed in order to grow together to form a common roof. There are side paths at the edges of the garden, so that you can walk around the entire area. There are benches all around, on which visitors can sit down.
Floor slabs, steps and stone blocks are on very light limestone and loosen up the warm earth colors of the facades. The shallow water basins have a dark base made of orthogneiss , which are divided by white strips of glass stones. A regular pattern of red and green glass surfaces is worked into it. Water and light give the patterns movement.
The garden was honored at the German Landscape Architecture Prize 2005 and was nominated for the DBA Prize 2006. It is described as a "little gem" that conveys a "cheerful atmosphere" and "enchanting mood".
Web links
- Site of the Bavarian Administration of State Palaces, Gardens and Lakes
- Submission by Peter Kluska for the BDA Prize Bavaria 2006
Individual evidence
- ↑ Staatliches Bauamt München 1 ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b c Max Leuprecht: Munich - A companion to new landscape architecture . Callwey 2005, ISBN 3-7667-1635-2 , page 6 f.
- ↑ Bund Deutscher Landschaftsarchitekten bdla: Cabinet garden in the Munich Residence - the smallest garden in the center of the city , German Landscape Architecture Prize 2005
Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 26.7 " N , 11 ° 34 ′ 47.8" E