House and Garden 
THE CASTLE FROM THE GARDENS HERRENHAUSEN 
later to surround them. 
The plan of these gardens 
is also the work of Le 
Notre, the designer of the 
adjoining avenue and fa¬ 
mous lor his Versailles and 
other parks in France. In 
this undertaking he was as¬ 
sisted by the gardeners 
Charbonnier, both father 
and son. 
Alter the death of John 
Frederick, the work was 
completed by his successor, 
the Elector Ernst August 
(1679-1698), who in 1692 
commissioned an architect, 
named Mimter, to build 
the orangery. The Elector 
also had the plan of the 
garden enlarged and sur¬ 
rounded on three sides by 
a graft or moat 86 feet 
wide. Elis son, George 
Ludwig (1698-1 727), or¬ 
dered a second orangery to 
be built and the garden 
THE PLAN OF THE GARDENS 
Especially surveyed and drawn for House and Garden 
again enlarged, so that it 
now covers about 1 20 acres 
of ground. 
It is in the form of a 
rectangle and, as will be 
seen by reference to the 
plan, is bounded on three 
sides by the water courses. 
On the fourth side it is 
enclosed by the castle, the 
orangery and a high wall. 
Along the moat extend 
avenues bordered by three 
rows of linden trees, the 
corners where they inter¬ 
sect being marked by pa¬ 
vilions in the form of small 
Roman temples. These 
avenues enclose the units 
ol the garden, which are 
composed of several dis¬ 
tinct sections. The one 
immediately in front of the 
castle is the Lust stuck , as 
the Germans designate a 
rich and ornamental ar¬ 
rangement of parterres. 
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