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Munich Court Garden

Creation of the Munich Court Garden began in 1613, at the same time as the new buildings and extensions erected by Duke Maximilian I. The garden lay outside the moat that then surrounded much of the Munich Residence.

The original garden was elaborate, containing circular tempietti, avenues of mulberry trees, fountains, arcades, ornamental box hedges and fruit trees. The central pavilion, designed in 1615 by Heinrich Schön the Elder, survives, its eight arches reflecting the division of the garden by cross-shaped and diagonal paths.

The pavilion is capped by a copy of Tellus Bavarica, a monumental bronze figure symbolising the treasures of the Bavarian land: grain, game, water and salt. The statue was created by Hubert Gerhard before 1590 and was moved to the court carden pavilion from one of the Residence gardens in 1616 by Duke Maximilian I. To protect it from the elements, the original sculpture is now a part of the bronze collection in the Vierschäftesaal of the Munich Residence.

Munich Residence


Address

Hofgartenstraße 1
80539 München
www.residenz-muenchen.de

Opening hours

Open all year round

Admission charge

Admission free

Accessibility

No restrictions

Fountain machinery

The fountain machinery in the court garden is in operation from April to October every day from 10 am-2 pm. The admission is free.

Getting here / parking

Munich
www.bahn.com

'Marienplatz' or 'Odeonsplatz'

Bus to 'Odeonsplatz',
tram to 'Nationaltheater'

Underground parking at 'Max-Joseph-Platz'

Further information

www.residenz-muenchen.de


Service (leaflets, photo/film, links…)

Shop in the Munich Residence
www.kulturgut.de

Pfälzer Residenzweinstube
089 225628
www.pfaelzerweinstube.de

Frank Weinbar
Residenzstraße 1
089 23237492,
www.frank-weinbar.com

Schumann's Bar am Hofgarten
Odeonsplatz 6/7
089 229060
www.schumanns.de

Responsible administrative office

Verwaltung der
Residenz München
Residenzstraße 1
80333 München
089 29067-1
Fax 089 29067-225
ResidenzMuenchen@ bsv.bayern.de
www.residenz-muenchen.de


 
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