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40th Bavaria puzzle: the eighth question

2021-05-02T18:58:56.789Z


40th Bavarian riddle of the Münchner Merkur together with the Bavarian Palace Administration: The eighth and final question of the Bavaria riddle 2021 is about the palace and the Dachau court garden.


40th Bavarian riddle of the Münchner Merkur together with the Bavarian Palace Administration: The eighth and final question of the Bavaria riddle 2021 is about the palace and the Dachau court garden.

A place of relaxation, retreat and amusing pastime - that is what the Bavarian dukes must have had in mind when they built a prestigious country estate almost 20 kilometers outside the bustling royal seat of Munich in the 16th century.

As early as the 12th century, their ancestors had taken over the medieval castle of the Dachau counts, in whose place they now built a four-winged summer palace.

Decisive for this was certainly the unique location of the castle on a hill above the Amper: All of Munich and the Bavarian Empire up to the edge of the Alps lay at the feet of the mighty residents of the castle.

A country estate with Bella Vista: Dachau palace and courtyard garden


After the construction of the Dachau Palace had been completed, Duke Albrecht IV also had the garden rebuilt. Following the contemporary trend of garden art, the painter and architect Friedrich Sustris designed a renaissance garden geometrically arranged by walls with square flower and herb beds from 1578. In 1715 the court garden was again adapted to the latest developments in gardening: Elector Max Emanuel commissioned his court architect Joseph Effner and the Dachau court gardener Johann Christoph Effner to redesign the old Renaissance garden in the French Baroque style. Two large ornamental beds with artfully cut box tree ornaments and playful flower borders replaced the square renaissance beds. In addition, the elector wanted a part of the garden,in which he could live out his pronounced play instinct. For this purpose, he acquired a small piece of forest that adjoined the garden to the west. Here he had all kinds of play equipment installed, including a bowling alley, a swing, a small grotto and pavilions - much to the amusement of his lively court society.


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The ballroom in Dachau Castle.

© Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung / www.schloesser.bayern.de

At the beginning of the 19th century, the decline of Dachau Castle and its charming gardens finally began.

Times of financial hardship forced the expensive baroque garden to be abandoned.

Instead, the director of the court garden, King Maximilian I Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell, converted the fine ornamental beds into an orchard that is easier to maintain.

The play facilities in the small forest were also no longer maintained and fell victim to the weather over time.

Three quarters of the castle itself was demolished from 1806-1809 for cost reasons.

Only the baroque hall wing with its valuable wooden coffered ceiling was preserved.

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View of the courtyard garden with the nursery of Dachau Castle.

© Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung / Vroni Freudling / www.schloesser.bayern.de

In 1868 the ceiling of the hall was transferred to the newly founded Bavarian National Museum in Munich and could be saved for the future thanks to the conservation measures.

At the end of the 1970s, the ceiling returned to its original location in the then newly restored Dachau Castle.

But not only the festive hall wing of the castle is worth a visit these days, the formerly splendid castle garden has also retained its own charm.

Thanks to the care provided by the Bavarian Palace Administration, Sckell's fruit trees have now been joined by colorful borders of perennials, summer flowers and roses.

With a grandiose panoramic view you can relax wonderfully here - like the Bavarian dukes, electors and kings back then.

Also read: "Our castles, gardens and lakes"


The eighth question

What is the exact name of the baroque garden parterre stylized with box tree ornaments?

So you can play along

From now on, our Bayern puzzle will appear for eight weeks - every Friday.

The answers must be received by the Thursday of the following week (date of the postmark).

If you take part in all eight questions, you also have eight chances of winning.

By post, by phone or using the online form: three ways to play along

Play along by post:

Please send the respective answers on a postcard to

Munich Mercury

"Bavaria Riddle"

81007 Munich

Play along by phone:

You can play by phone on

+49

(

0) 13 78/80 66 33

Telemedia interactive GmbH (EUR 0.50 per call from German landlines, more expensive mobile communications; data protection information at datenschutz.tmia.de).

Or by SMS

to:

32223

with the text:

MMBAYERN + solution + name and address

, Telemedia interactive GmbH;

50 cents / SMS, including SMS costs.

Play via the online form:

Click here to fill out the competition form.

The entry period

 for the eighth issue of Bavaria riddle 2021

ends on Thursday, May 2, 2021, 18:00

.

There are over 140 attractive prizes to be won

Anyone can take part - with the exception of the employees of Merkur tz Redaktions GmbH, the newspaper publisher Oberbayern, the Bavarian Ministry of Finance and the palace administration.

The patron

 is Minister of State 

Albert Füracker

.

Here is the greeting.

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The solution

Source: merkur

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