The Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen

Discover the Splendour of Garden Art! A stroll in the Royal Herrenhausen Gardens will lead you through one of the most beautiful parks in Europe: The "Großer Garten" (Great Garden), whose baroque layout has remained virtually unchanged for centuries, attracts the visitor to enjoy a leisurely stroll and to admire the bubbling cascades and fountains and the magnificent parterre. The Palace was destroyed during the Second World War. Recently reconstructed, with a façade faithful to the original construction, it now serves as a modern congress centre with integrated museum restoring once more the architectural centre point of the Herrenhausen Gardens. The renowned Galerie with its fresco adorned ballroom and the unique historical hedge theatre are further evidence to the former glamorous lifestyle of the royal court.
Herrenhausen has another surprise in store; the ability to combine old with modern art: the Grotte (Grotto), where members of the royal court formerly took shelter from the heat of the summer sun, was converted by the famous artist Niki de Saint Phalle into a cave with figures, glass mosaic and
pebble stones on the walls and ceilings; the result a blitz of colour, an amazing work of art transmitting feelings of happiness and `joie de vivre`. The rebuilt Palace, the Museum Schloss Herrenhausen, shows the diversity and historical development of Herrenhausen.


The „Berggarten“ presents many botanical treasures and glasshouses filled with Orchids and other exotic plants. The „Georgengarten“ is an idyllic landscape garden created in the 19th century.