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Small Pine Forest

In the 17th century, the landgraves had already planted coniferous trees and set up a game reserve in the Kleiner Tannenwald (Small Fir Forest). But only when Friedrich V and his wife Caroline converted the park into an English-Chinese landscape garden in 1772 did it achieve its artistic importance as a garden. Special features, such as the pond with its bridge and island colonnade, the Chinese teahouse, winding paths, a grotto, and an ice cellar, were new in Homburg and attracted a lot of attention. After Caroline’s death in 1822, her daughter-in-law Elizabeth took over the park and had a dairy farm set up as a small model farm. After Elizabeth's death in 1840, the park was opened to visitors and enjoyed a great amount of popularity. Around 1900, the dairy farm was expanded into a café to meet the needs of the spa guests. The “Kleiner Tannenwald” changed hands many times and only came to be owned by the city in 2002.

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Building History

Construction

1772

Location

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Subject Area

Culture

Funding

princely

Keywords

Gardens  

References

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Recommended Citation

„Small Pine Forest“, in: Orte der Kur <https://www.lagis-hessen.de/en/odk/record/id/1186> (aufgerufen am 11.05.2026)