The Großer Garten is a baroque

Baroque

The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

 style park in Dresden

Dresden

Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....

. It is oblong in shape and covers an area of about 2 km² in a central location of the city. Established in 1676, it has been a public garden since 1814. Pathways and avenues are arranged symmetrically throughout its area. A central feature of the park is the Sommerpalais.

Established outside the old walls of the city, the park was encompassed by the significant growth of the urban area in the second half of the 19th century. Features such as the Dresden Zoo

Dresden Zoo

Dresden Zoo, or Zoo Dresden, is a zoo situated in the city of Dresden in Germany. It was opened in 1861, making it Germany's fourth oldest zoo. It was originally designed by Peter Joseph Lenné....

 and Dresden Botanical Garden

Botanischer Garten der Technischen Universität Dresden

The Botanischer Garten der Technischen Universität Dresden , also known as the Botanischer Garten Dresden or Dresden Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden maintained by the Dresden University of Technology. It is located in the north-west section of the Großer Garten at Stübelallee 2, Dresden,...

 were added late in that century. A miniature railway known as the Parkeisenbahn

Dresdner Parkeisenbahn

The Dresdner Parkeisenbahn is a minimum gauge railway in Dresden, Germany. The line opened in 1950 and has previously been known as the Kindereisenbahn and the Pioniereisenbahn...

 was developed by the youth organisations of the former GDR (German Democratic Republic, commonly East Germany in 1950, and still operates in the park.

The Volkswagen

Volkswagen

Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...

's Transparent Factory

Transparent Factory

Transparent Factory is the English name of an automobile production plant owned by German carmaker Volkswagen, designed by architect Gunter Henn, and opened in 2002. The original German name is Gläserne Manufaktur...

 is the newest building built here and is located at the Straßburger Platz in the northwest corner of the park

See also

• Dresdner Heide
  Dresdner Heide
  The Dresdener Heide is a large forest in the city of Dresden. The Heide is the most important recreational area in the city and is also actively forested. Approximately 6.133 Hectare of the Dresdener Heide are designated as a nature preserve, making the Heide one of the largest city forests in...