Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

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, and second largest park on a hill slope in the world. 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.

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Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe ranks #211 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #22 of the 492 mapped in Germany. Founded 1689, it is older than 23% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 580 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 16,158 times in the last 60 days, more than 96% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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