The English Garden

The Englischer Garten, German for "English Garden", is a large public park in the centre of Munich, Bavaria, stretching from the city centre to the northeastern city limits. It was created in 1789 by Sir Benjamin Thompson (1753–1814), later Count Rumford (Reichsgraf von Rumford) and extended and improved by his successors, Reinhard von Werneck (1757–1842) and Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell (1750–1823), who had advised on the project from the beginning.

With an area of 3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi) (370 ha or 910 acres), the Englischer Garten is one of the World's largest urban public parks, larger than New York's Central Park but smaller than London's Richmond Park. The name refers to the style of gardening; the term English garden is used outside of the English speaking world to refer to the style of informal landscape gardening which was popular in the United Kingdom from the mid 18th century to the early 19th century, and is particularly associated with Capability Brown

Sights and attractions:

• Japanisches Teehaus
• Schönfeldwiese and surroundings
• Surfing: At the mouth of the artificial stream that runs through the Englischer Garten
• Monopteros
• Steinerne Bank
• Rumford-Saal
• Kleinhesseloher See
• Hirschau

Statistics:

• Area: 3.73 km2
• Total length of paths and walkways: roughly 75 km (26 km roads, 36 km footpaths, 13 km bridlepaths)
• Length of streams: 8.75 km
• Bridges: over 100
• Number of bird species that breed in the Garden: 50-60