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Rosenh�he Darmstadt
"Vor allen andren l�chelt mir dieser Erdenwinkel", ('Before all others smiles this earth corner at me') gushed Grand Duchess Wilhelmine about her beautiful garden at the�Rosenh�he. Beginning of the 19th century the former stately vineyard was turned into an English landscaped garden.�Circular flower beds and picturesque tree groupings were planted and the court architect Georg Moller beautified the complex with teahouses and pavilions some can still be seen.
In 1894 Prince Wilhelm had the splendid Palais Rosenh�he built for himself, where between 1903�and 1918 Prussian legates resided.
The�Palais was later sectioned into apartments and finally in 1944 during a bomb raid of Darmstadt destroyed.
The last Darmst�dter Grand Duke, Ernst Ludwig, the founder of the artists' colony, was also interested in horticulture. "To live up to the lovely name Rosenh�he", he decided to 'create a rose garden as nobody in Germany has ever known it". He constructed the rose garden with Rosendom.
But the�Rosenh�he degenerated after the First World War.�It was used during the postwar period as a fruit and vegetable garden until its restoration in 1925. The L�wentor (lion gate) originally situated at the Mathildenh�he was in 1927 relocated to the Rosenh�he.
The town Darmstadt formed after the Second World War a new artists' colony at the Park Rosenh�he.
The modern housing estate in rural location consists of individual houses including expansive atelier rooms.�They are occupied by renowned fine artists, composers, authors and their families.�The works of the there living artists set important accents�at the cultural events�in the German speaking area.�The closeness to the�Mathildenh�he and the first Darmst�dter artists' colony with its buildings in the Art Nouveau style from the beginning of the century ties them to the town's cultural tradition.
The�Park Rosenh�he is being reconstructed after old models since 1979. It is seen today as one of Darmstadt's prettiest gardens. For its maintenance and financial support a�F�rderverein Park Rosenh�he e.V. has been founded.
