The Jägerallee, or hunter’s alley, is the southern branch of the axis system that - seen from the Palace Portico, continues the parterre onto the grounds. It was created at the latest in the early 1780s.
Started with the large circular path around the parterre by the fountain, which no longer exists today, it led to a grove of trees around the Mittlere Mühle.
As a typical baroque design element, the Allee symbolizes the monarch’s claim to power by organizing and ruling the area surrounding the Palace. At the same time, it fulfilled a practical purpose: Fruit harvested from the orchards, timber, and shade for the paths. The most important of Carl Eugen’s Allee trees were poplars (because of their fast growth) and the fruit trees.
The Jägerallee is made up of “Italian poplars” that are more than 200 years old, were rigorously pruned, and therefore look like pollarded willows today.
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