Säule Nr. 3: Herrenhausen und die barocke Festkultur in Hannover

After the Guelph dukes chose Hannover as their residence in 1636, they not only had the Leineschloss—now the state parliament building—constructed, but also had the Herrenhausen Palace and its Baroque gardens built just outside the city. They systematically expanded the palaces and gardens until around 1710.

The personal union diverted interest away from Hanover, with the result that no royal visits took place between 1755 and 1821. As a result, the Great Garden retained its Baroque layout. English landscape gardens, on the other hand, were considered modern, and so Count Johann Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn (1736–1811) had the grounds he acquired in 1768, located right next door, designed as the “English Garden”—today’s Georgengarten.

Would you like to learn more about this topic? Visit Column No. 3 at the corner of Georgsstraße and Schillerstraße!