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Authenticity: The palace was only slightly
damaged during WWII; the very valuable
non-movable furnishings are preserved in
place, but a large part of the movable furniture
is missing; the Baroque garden parterre has
been reconstructed from the original plans
despite the loss of the statuary and the follies,
Augustusburg is an outstanding example of a
faithful reconstruction.
Summary
In contrast to Schwetzingen the estate’s
buildings are typical of the ”hunting lodge“
designation. Of the garden’s two styles, the
Baroque is dominant; furnishings from both
periods have been lost. The approach used in
the reconstruction of the parterre beds is quite
comparable to Schwetzingen.
Bibliography
Walter Kordt: Die Gärten von Brühl. Untersuchungen über
die Entstehung und Durchführung des Brühler Parkplanes
und die Mitwirkung Dominique Girards. Köln 1965.
Wolfgang Braunfels: François Cuvilliés. Der Baumeister der
galanten Architektur des Rokoko. München 1986.
Monika Hartung: Die Maison de Plaisance in Theorie
und Ausführung: Zur Herkunft eines Bautyps und seiner
Rezeption im Rheinland. Aachen 1988.
Dietrich von Frank: Die „maison de plaisance“. Ihre
Entwicklung und Rezeption in Deutschland. Dargestellt an
ausgewählten Beispielen. München 1989.
Ausstellungskatalog: Der Riss im Himmel. Clemens August
und seine Epoche. Köln 2000.
Wilfried Hansmann: Schloss Augustusburg in Brühl. Worms
2002.
Wilfried Hansmann: Schloss Falkenlust in Brühl. Worms
2002.
Nymphenburg Palace
3. Justification for Inscription
Basic Facts
Location: Germany, state of Bavaria, city of
Munich
Historical outline: From 1664 construction of
the first palace building by Agostino Barelli,
commissioned by Elector Ferdinand Maria
and his wife Henriette Adelaide and called
„borgo delle ninfe“ (Village of Nymphs); 1671
laying out of a small Mannerist garden; 1701-
1704 under Elector Max Emanuel extension of
the palace by Henrico Zuccalli, of the garden
by Charles Carbonet, construction of the
canal; 1714-1726 further extension of palace
and laying out of Baroque garden by Joseph
Effner and Dominique Girard, several follies
built (1725-1728 “St. Magdalen’s Hermitage”,
1716-1719 “Pagodenburg” by Francois
Cuvillies the Elder, 1718-1721 “Badenburg”,
1734-1739 “Amalienburg”); 1765-1792 12
statues and 2 giant urns installed in the
parterre; 1804-1823 garden converted into a
classic landscape garden by Friedrich Ludwig
von Sckell; 1807-1820 construction of three
greenhouses from plans by Friedrich Ludwig
von Sckell to house the large plant collections
of King Max I Joseph; 1865 construction of
“Monopteros” by Leo von Klenze.
Characteristics: Nymphenburg could rightly
be considered one of the most imposing
palace estates in Germany; the park still
presents itself in the shape given to it by
Sckell in the early years of the 19th-century;
parterre preserved in a simplified 19thcentury
appearance; remarkably high quality
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