Schönbusch Park is one of the earliest landscape gardens in Germany. From 1775 the Archbishop of Mainz, Friedrich Carl von Erthal, had his deer park redesigned in the English landscape style. The first built structure in the garden, designed by architect Emanuel Joseph von Herigoyen, was the Electoral Pavilion. It was built between 1778 and 1782 as a little neo-classical summer residence with exquisite Louis Seize furnishings and is known today as "Schönbusch Palace".
Schönbusch Park was completed in 1790 by garden architect Friedrich Ludwig Sckell. Architectural features such as an observation tower, the Red Bridge, the Temple of Friendship and the Philosopher's House, a tiny village and shepherds' cottages are arranged in charming settings with artificial lakes and "hills".
In the park visitor centre (former kitchen building) the exhibition "Everything appears natural, so well concealed is the design" informs about the history and development of the park.
Kleine Schönbuschallee 1
63741 Aschaffenburg
06021 625478
Schönbusch Palace
May-3 October: 9 am-6 pm
closed Mondays
(except: Easter Monday, 1 May, Whit Monday, 15 August, 3 October)
closed 4 October-April
Park Visitor Centre
(Schönbusch Palace entrance ticket required)
May-3 October: Saturdays, sundays and holidays:
11 am-6 pm
closed 4 October-April
Palace
Guided tours in the summer season every hour on the hour (in German; approximately 25 minutes;
last guided tour 1 hour before closing time)
Service (leaflets, photo/film, links …)
Rooms in the palace only accessible via staircase; visitor centre at ground level
Kulinarischer Schönbusch
06021 448560
www.schoenbusch-ab.de
Aschaffenburg
www.bahn.com
Bus to ‘Park Schönbusch’
Car park at the park entrance
Schloss- und Gartenverwaltung Aschaffenburg
Schloßplatz 4
63739 Aschaffenburg
06021 38657-0
Fax 06021 38657-16
sgvaschaffenburg@ bsv.bayern.de
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