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Englischer Garten (Munich)

The Englischer Garten or "English Garden" is a large park in northeast Munich, Germany. It was founded in 1789 by Benjamin Thompson, who is also known as Count von Rumford. With an area covering 3.7 km² the Englischer Garten is one of the world's largest city parks, even bigger than New York's famous Central Park. 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.

Sights and attractions

Hirschau

The English Garden is divided into two portions by the busy street Isarring. The south is around 2 km long, while the northern part, called the Hirschau, is ca. 3 km long. The Hirschau has the opposite character of the south part, which on sunny days contains as many people as one would find in a medium-sized town. It has the serene character typically found in a forest. Two beer gardens, the "Aumeister" and the "Hirschau", are located at the beginning and end of the Hirschau.

Kleinhesseloher See

The Kleinhesseloher See (lit. "Kleinhesseloher Lake") was placed around 1800 between the districts of Schwabing and Kleinhesselohe, and further expanded from 1807 to 1812. It is constantly fed by the Eisbach. Three islands can be found within the lake's 86,410 square meters:

Königinsel (2,720 m²)

Kurfürsteninsel (1,260 m²)

Regenteninsel (640 m²) By the lake, a visitor would find the "Seehaus", a beer garden with 2,500 seats. Today, the See and the Seehaus are well-loved leisure destinations; motorboats and pedal boats are also leased here to those who want to splash around.

Chinesischer Turm

This 25-meter-high wooden structure, designed by the military architect Joseph Frey von Johann Baptist Lechner, was built from 1789 to 1790. It was

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Englischer Garten (Munich)

N.B. My edits are based mostly on the http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englischer_Garten_(München) German version, but edited a little to deviate from the original and to avoid plagiarizing the German article. Categories and typos are naturally not counted. JMBell° 14:43, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC) Nice job on the edits. Looks correct to me. --Stratton 02:55, May 10, 2005 (UTC) :Thanks. JMBell° 12:04, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

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Die Englische Katze

''Die englische Katze'' (''The English Cat'') is an opera in two acts by Hans Werner Henze to an German libretto by Edward Bond, based on ''Peines de coeur d'une chatte anglaise'' by Balzac. It was first performed at the Württemberg State Theater in Schwetzingen in 1983. The opera is through composed, and is set in London, about 1900. ''Die englische Katze'' is not part of the standard operatic repertory. Recordings of it exist, and it is sometimes performed. Englische Katze

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