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Object information:
Munich
English Garden
Information
Verwaltung des Englischen Gartens München
Englischer Garten 2
80538 München
(0 89) 3 86 66 39-0
Fax (0 89) 3 86 66 39-23
gvenglischergarten@
bsv.bayern.de
Opening hours
Open all year round
Admission charges
Admission free
Please note
Accessible
Japanisches Teehaus
Königinstr. 4
80539 München
tel (0 89) 22 43 19
Japanese tea ceremony from April to October every second weekend in the month:
Saturday / Sunday at 2, 3, 4 and 5 pm
www.urasenke-
muenchen.de
Restaurant "Chinesischer Turm"
Englischer Garten 3
tel (0 89) 38 38 73-0
www.chinesischer-
turm.de
Restaurant "Zum Aumeister"
Sondermeierstraße 1
tel (0 89) 32 52 24
Closed Mondays / Beer garden open
www.aumeister.de
Restaurant "Seehaus"
Kleinhesselohe 3
tel (0 89) 38 16 13-0
www.kuffler.de
Restaurant "Hirschau"
Gyßlingstraße 15
tel (0 89) 3 22 10 80
www.hirschau-
muenchen.de
Munich
www.bahn.de
U 3-6 to "Marienplatz"
S 1+2, 4-8 to "Marienplatz"
Bus 54 and 154 to "Chinesischer Turm "
Tram 17 to "Tivolistraße"
Underground parking at "Max-Joseph-Platz" and "Marstallplatz" (here are also bus parking spaces available)
Coach trips through the English Garden
tel (0 89) 18 06 08
www.kutschen-
muenchen.de
Trips by rickshaw through the English Garden
tel (0 89) 2 42 16 88-0
www.rikscha-
mobil.de
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Object description:
In 1789, after consulting the Schwetzingen court gardener Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell, Elector Carl Theodor decided to turn the hunting grounds on the River Isar into a public park. The project was begun by Benjamin Thompson (later Reichsgraf von Rumford), and continued in 1798 by Freiherr von Werneck.
With the dam by Riedl as protection against flooding, the first paths were created and trees planted, and a number of architectural features were built: in 1789 the Apollo Temple (replaced by the Stone Bench of 1838), in 1790 the Chinese Tower and the farm building, in 1791 the Military Hall (today the Rumford Hall), in 1793 an amphitheatre (no longer in existence), in 1796 the Rumford Monument and in 1803 the "Harmlos" statue at the southern entrance.
In 1799 the Military Garden at the edge of the park was incorporated into the park together with around 100 hectares of land in the Hirschau. The lake - the Kleinhesseloher See - was created from 1800.
In 1804 Sckell was appointed Superintendent of all the Bavarian gardens and parks and moved to Munich. He produced plans and drew up a memorandum showing how the still rather unfinished grounds could be turned into an artistically designed park. The implementation of these plans continued right up until the death of Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell in 1823. In the following year, King Max I Joseph erected a monument to him by the Kleinhesseloher See. In 1837 the Monopteros was built on an artificial hill.
The English Garden is both beautifully designed and historically very important as the first public garden on the Continent, which paved the way for the further development of public green areas in towns. With its generous dimensions and constantly changing views of park architecture and landscape features, with its enclosed spaces and the play of light and shade, the English Garden is an outstanding example of a classical landscape garden.
Further information on the English Garden you get here.
The following rooms are available for your events:
For details please choose a room by clicking on the picture or on the text.
Seestadl (Barn)
The "Seestadl" is suitable for banquets and receptions up to 200 persons.
Orangerie (Orangery)
The Orangery is suitable only for art exhibitions.
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