Englischer Garten (Munich)
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The Englischer Garten or "English Garden" is a large urban public park that stretches from the city centre to the northeastern city limits of Munich, Germany. It was founded in 1789 by Benjamin Thompson, who is also known as Count of Rumford (German: Reichsgraf von Rumford). With an area covering 3.7 km², the Englischer Garten is one of the world's largest urban public parks.
It is bigger than New York's famous Central Park but smaller than the Phoenix Park in Dublin, which is the biggest city park in Europe. The name refers to the style of gardening; the term English garden is used outside of the English-speaking world to refer to the style of informal landscape gardening which was popular in the United Kingdom from the mid-18th century to the early 19th century, and is particularly associated with Capability Brown.
It is bigger than New York's famous Central Park but smaller than the Phoenix Park in Dublin, which is the biggest city park in Europe. The name refers to the style of gardening; the term English garden is used outside of the English-speaking world to refer to the style of informal landscape gardening which was popular in the United Kingdom from the mid-18th century to the early 19th century, and is particularly associated with Capability Brown.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englischer_Garten_(Munich)
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Coordinates: 48°9'53"N 11°36'21"E
- Olympic Riding Facility 4.5 km
- Olympiapark, Munich 5.5 km
- Park Riem 6.4 km
- Westpark Munich 8.5 km
- Schleissheim Palace 10 km
- Golf club Strasslach-Munich 21 km
- Golfanlage Gut Thailing 29 km
- Berchtesgaden National Park 105 km
- Hohe Tauern National Park 107 km
- Kapuzinerberg 114 km
- UniCredit Bank 1.4 km
- BayWa AG 1.5 km
- Bavarian State Ministry of Environment, Health and Consumer Protection 1.6 km
- The Westin Grand Munich 1.6 km
- Unicredit Bank AG offices 1.9 km
- Alt-Bogenhausen 2.2 km
- Prinzregententheater 2.9 km
- Rechts der Isar Hospital 3 km
- Giesecke & Devrient GmbH 3.1 km
- The Bavarian State Mint 4.1 km