The Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe is a unique park in Kassel, Germany. Art historian Georg Dehio (1850–1932),
inspirator of the modern discipline of historic preservation, described the park as "possibly the most grandiose
combination of landscape and architecture that the Baroque dared anywhere”.
The area of the park is 2.4 square kilometres (590 acres), making it the largest European hillside park,
and second largest park on a mountain slope in the world. Construction of the Bergpark, or "mountain park",
began in 1696 and took about 150 years.
On 23 June 2013 the Mountainpark and the Hercules were proclaimed as world heritage sites
during the UNESCO meeting in Pnom Penh.
We’re going to hold a devMEET in Kassel on 24 August 2013 and are of course planning
to go for an extensive walk through the unique Bergpark.
Stay tuned for more details.
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