For the baroque palace architecture, a suitable outdoor space was considered absolutely essential. A very generous courtyard was therefore placed in front of the Palace that served as the Cour d’honner, that is, the forecourt, and driveway. It bordered on a representative garden separated by a row of poplars from the agricultural land.
Axes radiating outward radically from the Palace balcony divided the parterre area, which - at the transition to the classical - was designed as a simple grass parterre with clearly contoured bushes. In summer, the orangery plants were placed here.
The separation between the forecourt and garden were marked by the sandstone balustrade, which also showed the height adjustment. At its opening, the baroque breadth of the axes can still be seen.
In 1829, the southern garden of the University’s Botanical Garden was set up and the axes were planted with trees. Only after it was moved in 1964 could the baroque structure gradually be seen again.
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