The garden of Mathildenhöhe

 

The garden of Mathildenhöhe

Art Nouveau houses, a Russian chapel and the wedding tower known as the Five Finger Tower characterize Mathildenhöhe, which has been a World Heritage Site since 2021. Originally, a landscape park existed on this site, but it was redesigned in the style of a reform garden when the artists' colony was founded at the turn of the century. Geometric lines and pergolas with vines and wisteria characterize the garden today. 

 

 

 

In the 1960s, a narrow connecting park was created from the palace in the city center to Mathildenhöhe, which shows the style of the 60s in a very classical way: clear lines, seating niches and flower beds and water areas set in concrete. The name Mathildenhöhe refers to the wife of one of Darmstadt's princes.