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Georgian Gardens
I’m currently on the road a lot. Last week was full of sunshine, and every now and then I managed to sneak outdoors. For example, in Hannover, where I managed to visit the summer residence of those princes we used to export to Great Britain to rule the country.
In case you were wondering, no, the British tax payer did not pay for this. (Or the soon to refuse tax paying colonials.) Most of it was done before George I. inherited Britain via his mother. In the museum shop, they have this Thackeray quote about the Georges I- III that the first two saw themselves as Germans, weren’t much interested in Britain and thus left the state well enough alone whereas George III., born in Britain, was proud to be an Englishman and wanted to do something for his country, whereupon disaster ensued. „Farmer“ George liked gardens but actually considered closing down the Hannover summer residence ones because they were expensive and as opposed to his father and grandfather, he never visited anyway. But in the end, he didn’t. Instead, various unfortunate female relations ended up here. Not the worst place to be in exile, I grant you. I mean:
The Great Garden from all angles:
The two main fountains, called „bell fountain“ and „great fountain“ respectively:
The great fountain, of course, deserves its own close up:
There are many little side gardens, like this one:
I don’t know about you, but those putti look decidedly smug to me.
Individual parts of the residence and side gardens. This one is called the gallery.
Which the theatre, of course, plays to:
The Berggarten, on the other side of the road, is somewhat more modest (meaning it’s still something no citizen could have afforded), but very charming. This is the library pavillon:
Springtime in the Berggarten:
And finally, the mausoleum where the pre-George Hannover lot as well as George I. himself is buried:
The Herrhauser Gärten, as is their collective name, also contain the George Garden, of which you’ll get a glimpse below. That temple is devoted to Leipniz the philosopher, a local boy.
Another time I managed to enjoy the scenery last week was in another part of Germany altogether, in Northern Hesse, aka the region where the Brothers Grimm hail from. Abandon all thougts of baroque and Georgians. Here’s medevial Waldeck Castle with Lake Erder beneath it:
And with this breathtaking panorama, I finish my post!
In case you were wondering, no, the British tax payer did not pay for this. (Or the soon to refuse tax paying colonials.) Most of it was done before George I. inherited Britain via his mother. In the museum shop, they have this Thackeray quote about the Georges I- III that the first two saw themselves as Germans, weren’t much interested in Britain and thus left the state well enough alone whereas George III., born in Britain, was proud to be an Englishman and wanted to do something for his country, whereupon disaster ensued. „Farmer“ George liked gardens but actually considered closing down the Hannover summer residence ones because they were expensive and as opposed to his father and grandfather, he never visited anyway. But in the end, he didn’t. Instead, various unfortunate female relations ended up here. Not the worst place to be in exile, I grant you. I mean:
The Great Garden from all angles:
The two main fountains, called „bell fountain“ and „great fountain“ respectively:
The great fountain, of course, deserves its own close up:
There are many little side gardens, like this one:
I don’t know about you, but those putti look decidedly smug to me.
Individual parts of the residence and side gardens. This one is called the gallery.
Which the theatre, of course, plays to:
The Berggarten, on the other side of the road, is somewhat more modest (meaning it’s still something no citizen could have afforded), but very charming. This is the library pavillon:
Springtime in the Berggarten:
And finally, the mausoleum where the pre-George Hannover lot as well as George I. himself is buried:
The Herrhauser Gärten, as is their collective name, also contain the George Garden, of which you’ll get a glimpse below. That temple is devoted to Leipniz the philosopher, a local boy.
Another time I managed to enjoy the scenery last week was in another part of Germany altogether, in Northern Hesse, aka the region where the Brothers Grimm hail from. Abandon all thougts of baroque and Georgians. Here’s medevial Waldeck Castle with Lake Erder beneath it:
And with this breathtaking panorama, I finish my post!
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