Munich
Day 4b – English Garden
Our trek to the English Garden continued after our 1/2 liter of beer and respite at Augustiner Klosterwirt. The green-space in Munich was pretty amazing; even more wonderful is the fact that much of that space contain beer gardens!
Hofgarten and Diana Tempel
This garden was adjacent to the English Garden. The landscape maintenance in Munich must employee a lot of people. Most every place we visited had beautiful flowers and well-maintained grounds.
The garden was built in 1613–1617 by Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria as an Italian style Renaissance garden. In the center of the garden is a pavilion for the goddess Diana, built in 1615 by Heinrich Schön the elder. -wikipedia
Bayerische Staatskanzlei – State Government Office
We passed by this magnificent structure on way to the English Garden. So much glass you’d think it was a green house of sorts. Beautiful building to conduct government business from.
The Bavarian State Chancellery is serving as the executive office of the Minister-President as head of government. The agency’s primary function is to assist the Minister-President in coordinating the activities of the Bavarian State Government, similar to the German Chancellery on federal level. – wikipedia
English Garten
The English Garden is a large public park in the centre of Munich, Bavaria, stretching from the city centre to the northeastern city limits. It was created in 1789 by Sir Benjamin Thompson (1753–1814), later Count Rumford (Reichsgraf von Rumford), for Prince Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria. Thompson’s successors, Reinhard von Werneck (1757–1842) and Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell (1750–1823), advisers on the project from its beginning, both extended and improved the park.
With an area of 1.4 sq mi (910 acres), the English Garden is one of world’s largest urban public parks. – wikipedia
Surfing in English Garden
Monopteros in English Garden
A Monpteros is a circular colonnade supporting a roof but without any walls. Unlike a tholos (in its wider sense as a circular building), it does not have a cella (inner chamber).
-wikipedia
A few more photos from around the garden. The beverage bottles atop the trash can initially appeared to be there as there was no recycling receptacle near by. After further consideration and discussion, it may also be that they are placed on top of trash receptacles so they would not have to be dug out of the trash. Recycling pays in Germany. In fact, Germany leads the EU in recycling. Nicely done. Great beer, pretzels and recycling program – the list continues to grow.
Beer gardens
With 7,000 spots, the beer garden in the English Garden, right by the Chinese Tower, is Munich’s second largest. This distinctive pagoda is approx. 75 feet high and is based on a design from 1789.
Another beer garden is located on Kleinhesseloher Lake. From the first ray of sunshine, all benches are quickly taken. The associated Restaurant Seehaus is open year-round and offers sophisticated local fare. ~muechen.de
We had dinner at Biergarten am Kleinhesseloher See. We were pretty spent at this point. It was another warm day of walking around Munich (approximately 12 miles). I have no photos of the food which mean I was pretty tired and hungry. After dinner we began walking back towards the hotel and hailed the first taxi that came into view.
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This was such a beautiful park; great work honey!