Navigation:
Gardens- Ansbach
- Aschaffenburg
- Bamberg
- Bayreuth
- Coburg
- Dachau
- Eichstätt
- Ellingen
- Feldafing
- Herrenchiemsee
- Holzhausen
- Linderhof
- Munich
- Nuremberg
- Schleißheim
- Veitshöchheim
- Würzburg
Object information:
Munich
English Garden
Information
Verwaltung des Englischen Gartens München
Englischer Garten 2
80538 München
(0 89) 3 86 66 39-0
Fax (0 89) 3 86 66 39-23
gvenglischergarten@
bsv.bayern.de
Opening hours
Open all year round
Admission charges
Admission free
Please note
Accessible
Japanisches Teehaus
Königinstr. 4
80539 München
tel (0 89) 22 43 19
Japanese tea ceremony from April to October every second weekend in the month:
Sat/Sun at 2, 3, 4 and 5 pm
www.urasenke-
muenchen.de
Restaurant "Chinesischer Turm"
Englischer Garten 3
tel (0 89) 38 38 73-0
www.chinesischer-
turm.de
Restaurant "Zum Aumeister"
Sondermeierstraße 1
tel (0 89) 32 52 24
www.aumeister.de
Restaurant "Seehaus"
Kleinhesselohe 3
tel (0 89) 38 16 13-0
www.kuffler.de
Restaurant "Hirschau"
Gyßlingstraße 15
tel (0 89) 3 22 10 80
www.hirschau-
muenchen.de
Munich
www.bahn.de
U 3-6 to "Marienplatz"
S 1+2, 4-8 to "Marienplatz"
Bus 54 and 154 to "Chinesischer Turm "
Tram 17 to "Tivolistraße"
Underground parking at "Max-Joseph-Platz" and "Marstallplatz" (here are also bus parking spaces available)
Coach trips to the English Garden
tel (0 89) 18 06 08
www.kutschen-
muenchen.de
Trips by rickshaw through the English Garden
tel (0 89) 2 42 16 88-0
www.rikscha-
mobil.de
The weather today:
Object description:
Dimensions
-
With an area of 417 hectares, the English Garden (incl. the Maximilian Park, Court and Finance Gardens) is one of the largest inner-city parks in the world (larger than Central Park in New York and Hyde Park in London). It extends from the Court and Finance Gardens at Odeonsplatz into the open countryside far to the north of the city.
-
Of the total area, around 130 ha is woodland, 186 ha meadows and 16 ha water.
-
The network of paths in the English Garden covers a total of 78 km (of which ca 12 km are bridle-paths).
-
The largest area of water in the English Garden is the Kleinhesseloher See with an area of around 8 ha.
-
The streams in the English Garden have a total length of around 8.5 km (Schwabinger Bach, Eisbach, Oberstjägermeisterbach).
-
There are over 100 bridges and footbridges in the English Garden.
-
In addition to the 50 - 60 species of bird that breed in the English Garden, there are also hedgehogs, squirrels, wild rabbits, hares and foxes.
Employees/costs
-
A total of 60 employees are involved in teh administration and maintenance of the English Garden.
-
The Free State of Bavaria invests ca. 2.5 million euros annually in the maintenance of the park (2.7 million euros if the upkeep of the buildings is included).
-
A number of renovation projects are scheduled to take place over the next few years, including the renovation of the kilometre-long drainage system, the Dianabad weir including the bridge, the Monopteros (costs according to current estimates over 3 million euros), the redesigning of the former Maffei grounds according to Sckell's design rules (taking present use into account). Every 20 years it is necessary to remove the mud from the bottom of the Kleinhesseloher See.
Visitors, services and problems
-
3.5 million people visit the English Garden every year.
-
There are four restaurants (Aumeister, Chinese Tower, Hirschau and Seehaus) and four kiosks available for the park's visitors.
-
The beer garden at the Chinese Tower is with its 7,000 seats one of the largest beer gardens in Bavaria.
-
Problems have been caused through changes in the behaviour of visitors (use of the meadows, e.g. for nude sunbathing, the wearing of paths across the grass) as well as vandalism and damage.
-
Through good cooperation with the security service and a strong police presence, the problems caused by dealers and drug-takers at the Monopteros have been almost entirely eliminated.
-
Around 70 tons of rubbish have to be collected and disposed of annually. The main part is caused by weekend visitors who throw their rubbish on the grass.
back to the English Garden, main page
top