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Signature of important garden architects in Europe

The historic park, designed around 1850 in the style of an English landscape garden, with six distinct park areas, is an important part of Bad Elster's Royal Gardens and is considered one of the most beautiful park landscapes in Germany. Combined with the impressive spa architecture of the Wilhelminian and Art Nouveau periods, this harmonious ensemble is created by Europe's most important garden architects. Thousands of visitors travel to Bad Elster each year, especially for the famous rhododendron blooms.

With the Elsterbad's proclamation as a Royal Saxon State Spa in 1848, the park began to take shape with the initial designs of Eduard Petzold, a student of Prince Pückler. Later, Dresden's Director of Horticulture Max Bertram, Royal Saxon Horticultural Inspector Paul Schindel, Gustav Allinger, and Herrmann Schüttauf laid out architecturally attractive parks and diverse themed gardens on an area of ​​more than 50 hectares, which to this day form a prestigious setting for the center, consisting of the Royal Kurhaus, the historic Albert Bath, and the magnificent King Albert Theater.

After 1945, the park's attractiveness was enhanced with additional beautiful rhododendron plantings and the creation of a wooded garden. The entire historic spa park has been a listed building since 1980. Between 1996 and 2000, a large part of the park was extensively renovated, strictly adhering to historical plans and specifications, so that today, the historic garden architecture can largely be experienced again.