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Prince’ Gardens (Louisgarten, Ferdinandsgarten, Gustavsgarten ("Accatium"), Philippsgarten)

The actual origins of the Prinzengärten (Princes’ Gardens) have been lost to history. It was earlier thought that Landgrave Friedrich V left behind the gardens along the Tannenwaldallee Road for his sons, to make them familiar with garden artistry as an expression of refined education, but newer information has shown that this was first done after 1820 by his oldest son, Friedrich VI. The gardens, i.e. the Louisgarten, Philippsgarten, Gustavsgarten and Ferdinandsgarten, bore the names of their owners: Ludwig Wilhelm, Philipp, Gustav and Ferdinand. The frequent absences of Ludwig Wilhelm and Philipp as well as the reclusiveness of Ferdinand however led to only the Gustavsgarten, also called “Accatium”, having a garden-like design, although the initiative came less from the later landgrave and more from his wife Louise.

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Building History

Construction

um 1820

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Culture

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princely

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Gardens  

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„Prince’ Gardens (Louisgarten, Ferdinandsgarten, Gustavsgarten ("Accatium"), Philippsgarten)“, in: Orte der Kur <https://www.lagis-hessen.de/en/odk/record/id/1189> (aufgerufen am 25.05.2026)