Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, Landscape park in Kassel, Germany.

Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe is a landscape park in Kassel, Germany that spreads across wooded slopes and terraces, combining water displays, walking trails and Wilhelmshöhe Palace. The Hercules monument on the ridgeline crowns the grounds and marks the starting point of the water cascades that flow downhill.

The grounds took shape from 1689 under the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel as a baroque ensemble with the Hercules statue and cascades. In the early 19th century the lower section was transformed into an English landscape garden.

The name honors Elector Wilhelm I, who redesigned the grounds in the early 19th century as an English-style garden. Today families stroll and picnic while joggers use the paths that wind between old trees.

Water displays run from May through October on Wednesdays, Sundays and holidays, letting visitors follow the flow from top to bottom through the grounds. Sturdy footwear helps on the steep sections of the terrain.

The Hercules statue is a copper copy of the Farnese Hercules, made by Augsburg goldsmith Johann Jacob Anthoni and set on the pyramid only in 1717. Below it, centaurs and fauns hold horns; when the water display starts, the change in pressure makes sound pass through these horns.