Schlossgarten

The Schlossgarten, Stuttgart, which is better known as the Palace Garden in Stuttgart, is approximately 3 kilometers long, and 200 meters wide, and is bordered by the New Palace on one end, and the Rosenstein Park on the other. Before it was designed into a Park complex by the court architect Nicolas von Thouret, the Schlossgarten, Stuttgart was used as a royal garden over the centuries. In fact, the Schlossgarten, Stuttgart is considered by many to be a part of the original stud farm which dates back to the early years of Stuttgart's history. One of the most fascinating and interesting tourist sights in the city, and one of the most famous Parks and Gardens in Stuttgart, the Schlossgarten, Stuttgart has about a million tourists walking through it every year.

The Schlossgarten, Stuttgart consists of three parts - Lower Gardens, Middle Gardens, and Upper Gardens, which are all absolutely exquisite and filled with tourist attractions. Each part of the Schlossgarten, Stuttgart has some very interesting and important landmark that draws in numerous international visitors. The Upper Gardens of the Schlossgarten, Stuttgart boasts of the New Palace, the Große Haus which features theater, ballet and opera performances, the Ecken Lake, as well as a rose garden. The Middle portion of the Schlossgarten, Stuttgart features the Café am See, a beer garden, a pavilion, the planetarium, the ruins of Lusthaus and the Palace Lake. The Lower Gardens, the last portion of the Schlossgarten, Stuttgart, has the Schwefel Fountain, a hand-pump to draw water out of it, the Berger Sprudler, the mineral baths of Leuze and Berg, and last but not the least, it is the beginning of the Rosenstein Park.

The Schlossgarten, Stuttgart, has been renovated and redesigned a number of times over the years for various purposes, and has been the center stage for a variety of events held in the city. For instance, in 1961 and 1977, there were two National Gardening Exhibitions held at the Schlossgarten, Stuttgart, for which the park was designed afresh. The Schlossgarten, Stuttgart, had another freshening up drive in 1993, for the International Horticultural Exhibition, when the garden was finally linked to the Rosenstein Park, and other green areas in the city, to form a "Green U" that runs through the city. All this information about the Schlossgarten, Stuttgart, has been compiled for the discerning traveler by the Stuttgart Travel Guide, making it easier for him to plan his itinerary for his trip to the city.