Gardens > Bastion Garden (Eichstätt)
The Bastion Garden of Willibaldsburg Castle was laid out by the Bavarian Palace Administration on the basis of the "Hortus Eystettensis", a collection of copperplate engravings published by Basilius Besler (1561-1629) in 1613, and was opened to the public in 1998.
This informative garden, which shows the plant world documented in the historically important "Hortus Eystettensis", is probably unique in Germany. The flowers are planted according to their blooming seasons, as described in the book, and the complex is also a reminder of the famous botanical garden of Prince-Bishop Johann Conrad von Gemmingen, which was laid out by Besler from 1592.
Burgstraße 19
85072 Eichstätt
08421 4730
16 April to mid-October:
9 am-6 pm
Closed Mondays
Closed mid-October to mid-April
Admission free
The access to the Bastion garden is difficult because of steep slopes
Parking is available in the outer bailey and in the car park of the Berufsschule (vocational school) on Burgstraße.
No coach parking spaces
Eichstätt-Stadt
www.bahn.com
Bus to the castle (bus stop below the castle)
Service (leaflets, photo/film, links…)
Burggaststätte „Das Willibald“
08421 607680
www.daswillibald.de
Schloss- und Gartenverwaltung Ansbach
Promenade 27
91522 Ansbach
0981 953839-0
Fax 0981 953839-40
sgvansbach@ bsv.bayern.de
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