Castle garden (Merseburg)
The castle garden in Merseburg in Saxony-Anhalt is a listed park . It is listed in the local register of monuments under registration number 094 20257 as a monument .
General
The palace garden is located north of the palace and is around 20,000 m² in size. The northern end is the palace garden salon (Merseburg) . The Saale flows east of the park ; its western bank is part of the complex at this point as the lower palace garden . Monuments were and are erected in the park.
history
Duke Christian I of Sachsen-Merseburg had a baroque pleasure garden built based on the French model. The first plans come from 1653 immediately after his arrival. The completion lasted until 1661. In the 1820s the garden architect Peter Joseph Lenné was commissioned with the design by the Prussian state. His plan presented in 1825 included the lower palace garden. He left Merseburg in 1827 because he was repeatedly hindered in implementing the plan. His plan was never fully implemented.
Monuments
Existing monuments
Bust of Friedrich Kleist von Nollendorf
Friedrich Kleist von Nollendorf was a Prussian field marshal of the province of Saxony , which had its seat in Merseburg. He lived and worked in Merseburg from 1815 to 1821. Because of his merits, a bust was erected for him in the palace garden in 1825 , designed by Christian Daniel Rauch .
Iron Cross
Fountain
A fountain with a fountain is located south of the palace garden salon . A fountain has been found in the palace garden since the early 1660s, which varied over the years in terms of location, appearance and number of fountains. Today's round fountain with a fountain was built in 1992. Its direct predecessor was made in 1968 and 1969. This was rectangular and had three pairs of fountains. A predecessor around 1900, however, was also round.
Pairs of obelisks
The exact age of the obelisks is not known. There are two versions of their establishment. On the one hand, it is claimed that they were created as goal posts when the palace gardens were built in 1661. On the other hand, it is said that they were installed in connection with the construction of the palace garden salon. The second thesis is supported by the fact that the obelisks cannot be seen on a picture of the palace garden from 1664 and that no inscriptions point to Duke Christian I of Saxony-Merseburg. The obelisks are each crowned by a ball. The original bullets were replaced in 1914 after two bullets fell.
Equestrian statue
Castle spring
The castle spring is a fountain that was built in 1908 and stylistically belongs to the 19th century. In addition to the fountain basin, this also includes two stone benches . The system was repaired in 1994. The fountain is located in the lower palace garden near the weir of the Meuschauer Mühle .
Distant monuments
- Memorial column for King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia (erected in 1861, from 1864 with bust, melted down 1943/44)
- Bust for Kaiser Wilhelm I (erected in 1882, stored in 1897, whereabouts unknown)
- Statue for Kaiser Wilhelm I (erected in 1897, melted down 1943/44)
- Heidengrab, a stone box grave that was found around 1750 near Göhlitzsch near Leuna (brought to Halle in 1912)
literature
- Renate Endler: Merseburg once and now, issue 24 xxx details are missing
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt
- ↑ a b Schlossgarten , Merseburg in the picture, accessed on November 16, 2018
- ^ Friedrich Kleist von Nollendorf , Merseburg im Bild, accessed on November 16, 2018
- ↑ Fountain Schlossgarten , Merseburg in the picture, accessed on November 16, 2018
- ↑ Obeliskenpaare , Merseburg im Bild, accessed on November 16, 2018
- ↑ Schlossquelle , Merseburg in the picture, accessed on November 16, 2018
Coordinates: 51 ° 21 ′ 36.8 ″ N , 12 ° 0 ′ 2 ″ E