Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Hesse, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe is a landscape park in Kassel, Germany. The area of the park is 2.4 square kilometres (590 acres), making it the largest European hillside park,[1] and second largest park on a hill slope in the world.[citation needed] Construction of the Bergpark, or "mountain park", began in 1689 at the behest of the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel and took about 150 years. The park is open to the public today. Since 2013, it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its monumental Baroque architecture and its unique fountains and water features.[2]
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UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Location | Kassel, Hesse, Germany |
Criteria | Cultural: (iii), (iv) |
Reference | 1413 |
Inscription | 2013 (37th Session) |
Area | 558.7 ha (1,381 acres) |
Buffer zone | 2,665.7 ha (6,587 acres) |
Coordinates | 51°18′57″N 09°23′35″E |
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