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Beyond the formal gardens, Hellbrunn opens into a sweep of sixty hectares of free, publicly accessible parkland, and at its heart lie the ornamental ponds. Markus Sittikus began shaping this landscape in 1613, conceiving Hellbrunn as a mannerist pleasure ground where water was the star, mirroring the palace facade and the Baroque sky above. The largest basin is an almost perfect square, with an equally square island at its centre that you reach across slender bridges, while smaller fishponds flank the long sides, separated by severely cropped rows of trees. Over the centuries the water gardens were reworked in French Baroque taste around 1720 and then softened into the gentler, more naturalistic English landscape style near 1790, which is why the scene today feels less like a rigid parterre and more like a calm, leafy mirror. Ducks glide across the surface, carp shadow beneath it, and the still water doubles every tower, tree and cloud, making this one of the most photographed and peaceful free corners of the entire estate.
Fatti principali
- 60 hectares — Of free landscape park surround the ponds, meadows and wooded hill
- 1613 year — Markus Sittikus began laying out the grounds and their water features
- 1790 year — The ponds were softened into the naturalistic English landscape-garden style
📍 Wasserspiele Hellbrunn, 5020, Salzburg