Großer Garten
The green heart of Dresden
The capital of Saxony is a big garden landscape. Few large cities are so close to nature or have such extensive gardens, spacious parks and generous lawns for playing and sunbathing. The most impressive park in the Saxon metropolis is the 363-acre Great Garden or Grosser Garten. Elector Johann Georg III started the Dresdeners' favorite park with its absolutely straight avenues in 1678, modeling it on the French parks.
The Palace at the point where the avenues meet is a jewel of early Baroque. It is still used today for festive events in the middle of green surroundings. In the summer, the open-air stages and the puppet theater are always popular. Other attractions include the Botanical Garden and the zoo, while Volkswagen's manufacture of luxury cars in its Transparent Factory on the edge of the park is a symbol of the modern. For the journey into the wide landscape of experience, visitors young and old like to use the park railway, which is traditionally operated by Dresden schoolchildren.
Address
Staatliche Schlösser, Burgen und
Gärten Sachsen
Schlösser und Gärten in Dresden
Geschäftsstelle Großer Garten
Kavaliershaus G, Hauptallee 5
D-01219 Dresden
Phone: +49 (0) 3 51 44 56-600
Fax: +49 (0) 3 51 44 56-722
grosser.garten@schloesserland-sachsen.de
www.schloesser-dresden.de
Disabled access
Limited accessibility
