Wilhelmshöhe: Lifestyle of Landgraves
The name Wilhelmshöhe hides a palace and a park of Hessen-Kassel landgraves built in the late XVIII century. The palace has been turned into a museum with a gallery of old masters (Rembrandt, Durer), antique collection and a graphic art room. Landgraves’ apartments with the royal furnishings are also open to the public. Here is the famous Hercules, a 9-meter symbol of the city, standing on a 30-meter-high pyramid on the roof of the Oktogon palace in the park.
Wilhelmshöhe Mountain Park (Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe) houses fountains, decorated with statues of the Greek mythology heroes, waterfalls, aqueducts, bridges, pavilions and terraces. The most remarkable cascade here is considered the "Hercules", which starts from the homonymous statue at a height of 600 meters. On the water route there is the head of Enkelados, defeated by Heracles, and a 12-meter fountain sheds out of his head; the sculptures of Faun and Centaur: when they wind the horn per certain hours, water starts flowing to the grotto of Neptune. Besides, the park is a huge botanical garden, on the upper part of which coniferous species grow, on the lower part – broadleaved species, and at the level of Wilhelmshöhe palace there is a greenhouse.
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