Lake Constance A journey through time Discover the dream gardens at Lake Constance! Gardens 2019 Lake Constance Gardens with garden events and hands-on-character! www.bodenseegaerten.eu | 1 Our partners A.Vogel/Bioforce AG BBZ Arenenberg Bible gallery Meersburg Bibelgarten Gossau Bregenz Tourismus & Stadtmarketing GmbH City Garden Singen City Garden Stockach Frauenfeld Archaebotanical Garden Gartendenkmal Stiegeler Park Konstanz Internationale Bodensee Tourismus GmbH Ittingen Charterhouse with the Ittinger Museum Jardin Suisse Thurgau Kreuzlingen Tourismus Landkreis Konstanz Lindau Tourismus und Kongress GmbH Mainau GmbH Napoleonmuseum Thurgau – Castle & Park Arenenberg Park hotel St. Leonhard Überlingen Parkstift Villa Rosenau Konstanz REGENA AG Tägerwilen REGIO Konstanz-Bodensee-Hegau e.V. Schlösslepark Kressbronn Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Baden-Württemberg St. Arbogast Götzis Thurgau Tourismus Tourist-Information Messkirch Überlingen Marketing und Tourismus GmbH Verkehrsverein Reichenau e.V. VitaPlant AG Uttwil Wartegg Castle | Würth Management AG Helpful tips: Take the train, bus (free with VHB guest card), or the ship for your next garden visit. If you choose to visit by ship, this visit could look as follows: Day 1 – First Mainau Island, than Garden Culture Path Überlingen Day 2 – First Castle & Park Arenenberg, than Reichenau Island or 'Höri' gardens. Take advantage of the BodenseeErlebniskarte (BEK) as 'Garden Card', for example the BodenseeErlebniskarte for 'Seebären', 3 days: Day 1 – Meersburg New Palace and Salem Monastery and Palace Day 2 – Hesse Museum Gaienhofen and Reichenau Island Day 3 – Castle & Park Arenenberg and Mainau Island (to be paid) 2 | Lake Constance Gardens – A journey through time Lindau Welcome to the Lake Constance For centuries, hard-working gardeners have been sowing, plan- ting and weeding at Lake Constance. From the castle grounds to the cottage garden, today there is row upon row of charming green oases spread across the Lake Constance. The parks and gardens allow their visitors to take an exciting journey through the epochs of garden culture – from the Stone Age to the present day, interspersed with some magnificent views of the lake. Contents Map of the Lake Constance Gardens with tours ............................... 4-5 Introduction to the Lake Constance Gardens .................................. 6-18 Garden bicycle tour for individualists ................................................. 19 Middle Ages tour | M | and Contemporary tour | G | ....................... 20 Aspects of the gardens for groups ...................................................... 21 Events 2019 ................................................................................... 22-23 Flower magic & Long night ................................................................. 23 Imprint and Contact ............................................................................ 24 PictogramsGardens Restaurant Toilets Hotel Parking Dogs allowed Guided tours Shop Events www.bodenseegaerten.eu | 3 24 Castle Garden Messkirch 23 City Garden Stockach Steißlingen 4 Überlingen Garden Culture Path 22 City Garden Singen 5 Park hotel St.Leonhard Überlingen ited Garden Rendez lim vou 2 Reichenau Island 1 Mainau Island Un s 3 * Gaienhofen 18/19 Arenenberg 17 REGENA Tägerwilen 15 Seeburg park Kreuzlingen Canto rden n Thu Ga rga 21 Ittingen Charterhouse 16 u 20 Frauenfeld Archaeobotanical Garden 13 A.Vogel World of Natural Remedies Overview Map of Lake Constance and tours 28 Bibelgarten Gossau © Karte: Medien GmbH Labhard 4 | Lake Constance Gardens – A journey through time Legende:Legend: MM MittelaltertourMiddle Ages tour GG GegenwartstourContemporary tour * * GrenzenlosesUnlimited Garten-RendezvousGarden Rendezvous 4 Überlingen Garden Culture Path 5 Park hotel St.Leonhard Überlingen 6 Salem Monastery and Palace 7 Meersburg New Palace 8 Fürstenhäusle Meersburg 25 Bible gallery Meersburg 29 Stiegeler Park Konstanz 30 Parkstift Rosenau Konstanz 15 Seeburg park Kreuzlingen 26 Schlösslepark Kressbronn 14 VitaPlant AG Medicinal Herb Garden 9 Bavarian Riviera Lindau 13 A.Vogel World of Natural Remedies 10 Bregenz port gardens 11 FORUM WÜRTH RORSCHACH 12 Wartegg Castle 28 Bibelgarten Gossau 27 St. Arbogast Götzis www.bodenseegaerten.eu | 5 1 | D-Mainau Island G Experience an oasis of natural beauty, harmony and relaxation in the middle of Lake Constance: changing flower abundance with countless tulips, rhododendrons, fragrant roses, perennials and colorful dahlias. Immerse yourself in tropical worlds in the Germany’s second largest butterfly house or let from the force of the sequoias in the over 150 years old arboretum impress. Mainau GmbH D-78465 Insel Mainau | Phone +49 (0)7531 30 30 [email protected] | www.mainau.de » Open all year from sunrise to sunset 2 | D-Reichenau Island M | G Almost 1,200 years ago, a monk from Reichenau, Walahfrid Strabo, wrote the first garden guide in Europe under the pseu- donym of ‘Hortulus’. In it he describes 24 medicinal plants and explains how they can be used. Today it is primarily tomatoes, cucumbers etc. that grow on the ‘Vegetable Island’, but in the former cloister garden an old-fashioned herb garden shows plants from Hortulus's guide. Tourist-Information Reichenau | Pirminstraße 145 D-78479 Insel Reichenau | Phone +49 (0)7534 92 07-0 [email protected] | www.reichenau-tourismus.de » Cloister garden ‘Hortulus’ open all year, free of charge 6 | Lake Constance Gardens – A journey through time 3 | D/CH-Unlimited Garden Rendezvous G From the enchanted tree garden to the magnificent castle park, the German-Swiss side of Lake Constance offers a heavenly diversity of rural horticulture. At the ‘Unlimited Garden Ren- dezvous’, viewing gardens and park grounds invite you to visit. Many private people host guests in their own personal green havens. Tours, hikes and cultural events on the topic of horti- culture complete the offer. REGIO Konstanz-Bodensee-Hegau e.V. | Obere Laube 71 D-78462 Konstanz | Phone +49 (0)7531 13 30 40 [email protected] | www.bodenseewest.eu » Opening hours at www.gaerten-am-bodensee.eu 4 | D-Garden Culture Path Überlingen G The Überlingen garden culture path connects to about four kilo- meters the most beautiful green sights of the city with each other. Botanical highlight of the consistently signposted way is the city garden. In shady arbours you can here amidst exotic plants and mighty tree giants listen to the lapping of the foun- tain or the imposing cactus free sounding marvel. Tourist-Information Überlingen GmbH | Landungsplatz 3-5 D-88662 Überlingen | Phone +49 (0)7551 947 15 22 [email protected] | www.ueberlingen-bodensee.de » Überlingen Garden Culture Path open all year, free of charge www.bodenseegaerten.eu | 7 5 | D-Park hotel St. Leonhard, Überlingen Garden hotel! Park hotel St. Leonhard is located at a particularly attractive lo- cation high above the lake with a marvellous view to the Alpine landscape. Three restaurants, the spacious panoramic terrace and the 70 hectare large hotel park offer flair and attraction, even for guests from this region. Besides the land-scape park an herb garden and a historical orchard complete the offer. Parkhotel St. Leonhard**** | D-88662 Überlingen Phone +49 (0)7551 808 200 | [email protected] www.parkhotel-st-leonhard.de » Hotel park open all year, free of charge 6 | D-Salem Monastery and Palace In the centre of the park and garden grounds lies the former Cistercian Monastery and current Palace Salem. The grounds lives from its cultural diversity. Representative, french-style baroque gardens meet imposing architecture from seven centu- ries. Baroque courtyard gardens with a labyrinth and geometri- cally arranged beds make an impression and vast park grounds with old trees invite you take a stroll. Kloster und Schloss Salem D-88682 Salem | Phone +49 (0)7553 916 53 36 [email protected] | www.salem.de » Open daily from 1 April to 1 November 8 | Lake Constance Gardens – A journey through time 7 | D-Meersburg New Palace The baroque garden impresses with its great panoramic views on Lake Constance. He goes to the design Christoph Gessingers of 1712 back, who designed the plant in the French style had laid out on two terraces. He is an excellent example for that, a pleasure garden within a cramped space to design. The garden pavilion on the lower terrace is in the frame accessible by special guides. Neues Schloss Meersburg | Schlossplatz 12 | D-88709 Meersburg Phone +49 (0)7532 807 94 10 | [email protected] www.neues-schloss-meersburg.de » Open daily from 1 April to 3 November 8 | D-Fürstenhäusle Meersburg Surrounded by vines, the Fürstenhäusle is on one hill above the Meersburg old town. Garden and terrace invite with a breath- taking view to the Alps to linger. Also the famous poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff was of 1600 by Prince-Bishop Jakob Fugger thrilled and rebuilt a house in the vineyards as a creative retreat. Fürstenhäusle | Stettener Straße 11 | D-88709 Meersburg Phone +49 (0)7532 807 94 10 | [email protected] www.fuerstenhaeusle.de » Open daily from 1 April to 3 November www.bodenseegaerten.eu | 9 9 | D-Bavarian Riviera Lindau During the 19th and at the start of the 20th century, the aristo- cracy and middle classes of Lindau had elegant villas built for them on an approximately six kilometre stretch of the shore of Lake Constance. There are rows of almost 30 important villas of various architectural styles. The Lindau Garden Culture Path follows four different