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Park Schöntal
Park Schöntal
open daily
Beautiful concerts on the summer stage at the entrance to City Galerie with events as part of ‘Summer in the City’.
Schöntal Park is part of the impressive green belt that Elector Friedrich Carl von Erthal created to connect Schönbusch and the Spessart landscape. The history of the ten-hectare site dates back to the 15th century, when it was still used as a walled zoo. Where Elector Albrecht von Brandenburg once built a Beguine convent, the famous garden architect Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell created a masterpiece of landscape design from 1780 onwards.
Sckell transformed the site into an idyllic meadow valley with a curved lake. He artfully integrated the ruins of the convent, which was destroyed in 1556, as a romantic backdrop on an island. A special highlight is the magnolia grove on Orangerieplatz, which was planted in the 19th century and underlines Aschaffenburg's Mediterranean flair. While the historic orangery now houses the “Hofgarten-Kabarett”, the former kitchen garden was transformed into an open park landscape after the Second World War. Today, Schöntal is a lively oasis of calm in the heart of the city.