Maximiliansanlagen

The Maximiliansanlagen are landscaped parks and gardens in Munich’s Bogenhausen and Haidhausen districts. They stretch between the Ludwigsbrücke and the Max-Joseph-Brücke along the right bank of the Isar. A steep slope once separated this high terrace from the rest of the city. King Maximilian II commissioned the park between 1856 and 1866, with landscape architect Carl von Effner designing the original layout. Later, Jakob Möhl enlarged the grounds, which had earlier served as sheep pasture and suffered from erosion. The park covers about thirty hectares and rises in broad terraces from the river up to the high plain. Paths lead past the 38-metre Friedensengel monument and the 1967 statue of King Ludwig II, placed where Gottfried Semper’s unrealised festival house was once planned. In March each year the slopes turn blue with star hyacinths. The park is managed by the English Garden office and includes the Gasteiganlagen, partly used today as sports fields.