Herrenhausen Gardens
The Baroque garden in Hanover with Europe’s tallest fountain and an ornamental garden with embroidery parterres.
The garden was laid out by Duke Johann Friedrich and developed by his wife Sophia, who looked after it until her death. She followed its extension closely and had a theatre and fountains added.
The Great Fountain was built in 1720 and spouts water to a height of over 70 metres. The garden was destroyed in the Second World War and rebuilt afterwards.
Materials: Embroidery parterres, hedges, fountains, gallery and orangery
Manufacture: Laid out from 1666 and extended by Electress Sophia of Hanover from 1680.
The great fountain in the middle of the rectangular garden.
The clipped hedges and trellises.
The gallery building at one side of the garden.