Bad Muskau Travel Guide

 magor65 Says:  On a hill in the central part of the park we can see Puckler's stone. It was placed here about 1900 by the Arnims family to comemmorate the founder of the park. It seems as if still today Hermann von Puckler watched his beloved park from the height of the hill. And the view... 

 magor65 Says:  Although the difference between the German side and the Polish one is visible, it results from the original guidelines: the further from the residential zone (which is situated on the German side) the wilder the park should be. But also here the man's care can be noticed:... 

 magor65 Says:  The orangery was one of the last constructions built by Puckler in the park. It comes from 1844 and a year later, due to financial problems, Puckler had to sell Muskau. After WWII the orangery was converted to a youth club and hostel and now it houses the foundation "Furst... 

 magor65 Says:  Beyond the residential zone of the park there was so called pleasureground. It is a big area with an artificially formed river, called Hermann's Neisse, and an artificial lake. They were designed to give more variety to the landscape. I loved a little lake called the Lake of... 

 magor65 Says:  The Old Castle used to be a part of a castle complex where judiciary tasks were performed and taxes collected. Today it houses a museum of Bad Muskau history and tourist information office. The staff are helpful and you can get here some information brochures and buy... 

 magor65 Says:  The main principle in designing landscape parks is an introduction of zones. The first zone consists of residential buildings surrounded by gardens which are meant to be the extension of the interiors. The New Castle modelled on a fortress was built in 1647. Hermann von... 

 magor65 Says:  The inspiration for the Muskauer Park were the landscape parks and gardens that Count von Puckler saw during his journeys, especially the ones in England. They stood in stark contrast to French-style parks with trimmed hedges and a laid-out grid of paths. The English... 

 globetrott Says:  Walk around the castle and you will see this great entrance-door on the terrace of the castle.Unfortunately it was under restoration, when I was there, and I had to take this pic with a tele-lens through the construction-fence.I am sure it will look really great one day,... 

 globetrott Says:  A big part of the park of castle Bad Muskau is today in Poland, and unfortunately in a even worse condition partly.Now, that Poland will join the Common Market of EU, they plan to make it accesible again without big formalities......BUT it will take some more time still 

 globetrott Says:  For Fuerst Pueckler the castle-park was the major attraction of Bad Muskau, and he planned it according to the english parks that he saw during so plenty of voyages to Great Britain and Ireland. 

 globetrott Says:  Take a walk in the castle-park : It is free of charge and offers great views with the castle in the background.At a very few places you may see the old vases, like the one on my picture, but unfortunately a lot of them were destroyed in WW II and not replaced in the times of... 

 globetrott Says:  Besides the old water-castle you mill see also another castle, beeing a bit older and beeing used mainly for exhibitions today.There is also a small info-centre about the castle there. 

 globetrott Says:  The Orangerie was once used to grow tropical plants and trees , and especially Fuerst Pueckler took home plenty of exotic plants from his trips to Egypt and other places.TODAY it is used as a great restaurant with a nice garden-terrace 

 magor65 Says:  The park is situated in the valley of the river Neisse which crosses the geological formation of Muskau Arch - an enormous end morraine. It has resulted in a diversified terrain-relief. Hills, ravines, terraces and lakes make a walk through the park an unforgettable... 

 magor65 Says:  The Muskauer Park (Polish: Park Muzakowski) is a beautiful landscape park that is located on both sides of the Neisse river which forms a natural border between Poland and Germany. It covers almost six square km of land, two thirds of which are on the Polish side. In July...