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HOLIDAY MAGAZINE HILDESHEIM 2014 | Parks and gardens
PARKS AND GARDENS
Delving into blossoming idylls
Magdalena‘s Gardens
Park Walshausen
Hohnsen Lake
Idyllic parks and gardens in the Hildesheim region invite to
dwell and go on strolls. At the centre of Magdalena‘s Gardens
in Hildesheim is the Rosarium – it was renovated according to old
plans dating back to the baroque period and is a highlight particularly
when the roses are in bloom. Magdalena‘s Gardens are 800
years old and are among the oldest historic gardens of Lower Saxony.
It is structured into three areas: the ornamental garden with
more than 1,800 roses, lawns and paths for promenading, the fruit
garden and a vineyard, which is cultivated by the Wine Convent
of Hildesheim. Those who would like to learn more about the rose
can visit the neighbouring Rose Museum. Idyllic ponds, benches in
protected places, and a very beautiful old tree population characterise
the Ernst-Ehrlicher-Park in Hildesheim. Playing and sunbathing
lawns around the rose labyrinth make the public park a popular
meeting point. Mighty beech trees, chestnuts, oaks, lindens and
ponds dominate Park Walshausen near Bad Salzdetfurth. The park
has a size of about eight hectares and is designed following the English
role model. The Italian villa, the farmhouse, was planned by
Magdalena‘s Gardens
the Court‘s Architect, Laves of Hannover, and was built in the years
1828/29. The garden is open to the public in the time from 1 May to
31 October on Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Very rare tree populations,
ponds, a waterfall with grotto and a tea temple situated on
the top of a hill make the park of Wrisbergholzen Castle in the municipality
of Sibbesse a particular idyll. Also worth seeing is the orangery
built in 1860. The park can be visited on the Day of the Open
Monument on the second weekend of September. Ponds adorn the
picturesque park of Lamspringe Cloister, while the public park is
also characterised by modern art. Six sculptures have been created
here in 1984 during a sculptors‘ symposium. Artists, who have
received a working stipend for a limited time, live and work in the
Cloister mills at the edge of the park. Simply letting thoughts drift
and relaxing – a stroll through the five hectares large spa gardens
in Bad Salzdetfurth is more than promenading past beds of flowers.
The major attraction are the 250-year-old salinas, which are responsible
for the sea air (see page 24).
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