Fürst-Pückler-Park Bad Muskau
Artificial nature
The park by the Neisse River in Muskau is a symbol of the greatest possible contrast to the geometrical landscape gardening of the Baroque court. Romanticism declared that nature should first and foremost be ”natural“, and the landscape gardeners helped to the best of their ability.
Ornamental gardening became the art of scenic landscaping. The most outstanding example in the world is the park of Prince Pueckler-Muskau, who was known in the 19th century mainly as a travel writer. So rich in perspective was the way the self-taught gardener combined plants and landscape together into a ”natural work of art“ that he even became an example and a pioneer of the style as far away as the USA.
Today the spacious UNESCO world heritage site is also a symbol of European integration, since two thirds of it are on Polish soil and only one third in Germany. The New Palace in the heart of Muskau Park, which was completely burned down at the end of the Second World War, has now been almost completely rebuilt and on two floors of the south wing you can see the spectacular exhibition ”Pueckler! Pueckler? Simply Unbelievable!“ From the 35-metre-high observation platform on the South Tower you can enjoy a panoramic view of the Pueckler Park.
Address
Stiftung Fürst-Pückler-Park Bad Muskau
Orangerie | D-02953 Bad Muskau
Phone +49 (0) 35771 51525
info.stiftung@muskau.de
http://www.muskauer-park.de/
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