Traveling around Munich, you, of course, always visit the palace of Nymph, or Nymphenburg. This palace complex, striking with its luxury, beauty and skill of execution, is rightfully considered the main attraction of Munich and attracts annually more than 350 thousand people.
Founded in 1664, Nymphenburg is considered one of the largest and most beautiful palace ensembles in Europe. Magnificent palaces - both main and smaller (Amalienburg, Badenburg, Pagodenburg) - and a huge park combining regular and landscape zones are undoubtedly worthy of attention.
Architectural ensembles harmoniously coexist with the natural beauty of the place: numerous reservoirs and channels, parks and gardens adorn the vast territory of the palace. The decoration of Nymphenburg is not inferior to its external grandeur. The porcelain factory is located here for several centuries, its products are exhibited in the museums of the palace
The history of the palace of Nymphenburg and its magnificent park begins in 1664 . It was then laid the first stone in its construction . The erection of the palace was timed to the birth of a child of Ferdinand Maria and his beloved wife Henrietta Adelaide of Savoy . For 11 years a beautiful building that belongs to the baroque style . Later to the palace, whose project was developed by Barelli, two pavilions were added from the southern and northern sides . At that time, the construction of a luxury greenhouse . also had to be added to the Baroque style. Architectural elements in the then fashionable Rococo style were added, authoritative architects, successfully blended into the general ensemble .
In front of the palace there is a huge semicircular area on which the ponds of a strict geometric shape open the same calibrated forms of lawns and flower beds. On the right and left of the main pavilion are the arches that serve as entrances to the park. Behind the palace, the regular park continues with the Grand Chamber, decorated with statues of ancient gods. Here is another pond with a fountain. And the rest of the park, once also planned in a regular style, was turned into a more fashionable English landscape park at the beginning of the 19th century.
In the park are scattered numerous pavilions, which can be considered independent palaces. The most famous of them is Amalienburg, which was built in the 18th century. Bavarian Elector Karl Albrecht for his wife Maria Amalia. The so-called Temple of Apollo, or Monopteros on the shore of the Great Pond, erected in the second half of the 19th century is also interesting.
The main axis through the whole park stretches the central canal, ending with a grandiose cascade that also adorns statues of antique gods. The canals of Nymphenburg are a kingdom of swans, who live here in large numbers and feel quite at ease.
How to get there
The fastest and most convenient way to get to the main entrance to Nymphenburg from the center of Munich (for example from the Central Station) is to take advantage of tram 17 of the route. At the stop, which is called Schloß Nymphenburg, you can observe how the articulated trams creep across the humpback bridge over the canal. The line goes along Menzingerstraße Street further, circling the park from the north and ending with the ring Amalienburgstraße
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| Nymphenburg at sunset |
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| Garden, Nymphenburg |
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| The luxurious interior of the Nymphenburg Palace |
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| One of the rooms of the Nymphenburg Palace |
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| Room of Ludwig II, Nymphenburg |
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| Coach , Nymphenburg |