2023-04-20 22:00:00
Once built by Markus Sittikus as a pleasure palace for himself and his guests, the palace complex in Hellbrunn now has numerous attractions in store for everyone.
More than 400 years ago, from 1613 to 1615, the then Salzburg Prince Archbishop Markus Sittikus had what is probably the most beautiful pleasure palace north of the Alps built. We are talking about Hellbrunn Palace. The surrounding park landscape, including trick fountains, a stone theatre, a monthly palace and even the area of today’s zoo, was built at this time. At that time pleasure palaces were all the rage, and so the entire palace complex – intended by Sittikus as a summer residence in the south of his residential city – was primarily intended to be a place of pleasure and enjoyment. Exciting celebrations and the most enjoyable entertainment: what hundreds of years ago was only reserved for the Prince Archbishop and his chosen guests can now be experienced by anyone. And the best thing about it is: Hellbrunn Palace and the surrounding parks have not lost their playful spirit to this day.
Owned by the city for over 100 years
The fact that the cultural jewel in the south of Salzburg is now freely accessible to everyone is thanks to a purchase agreement from June 1922: one day ago, almost 100 years ago, the palace complex in Hellbrunn, built under Sittikus, became the property of the city of Salzburg. Previously, it had been in the possession of the Habsburgs and was then assigned to the war-damaged fund in Vienna.
The summer season has opened
Incidentally, the 2023 summer season has already been heralded in Hellbrunn – on March 31, the time had come. The trick fountains have also reopened their magnificent doors since that day. The facility takes its visitors into a fabulous world with figures moved by hydropower, a mechanical theater and a mirror grotto. The hidden grottoes, treacherous spray fountains and hydraulically driven figures once served to amuse the Prince Archbishop’s guests. Today they are part of the world’s best-preserved late Renaissance/Mannerist water features, providing a refreshing treat for locals and tourists alike.
Incidentally, almost 40 figures from the mechanical theater spent the winter months on a “wellness holiday” for restoration. Now they are back and are being lovingly installed in the baroque city of water features, so that it works as usual and can be visited in all its glory.
LandArt project in the Hellbrunner mountain
Something is also happening on the way over the Hellbrunner Berg. From May to October, the photo exhibition “Flow” by the artist Andrea Maria Reiser will be installed there. A total of seventeen photo objects then accompany hikers interested in art along the way. With her photos, Reiser creates special incentives to see art in nature and thus creates works that allow unusual and new perspectives between the picture and the environment.
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