Von-Alten-Garten, Public park in Linden-Limmer, Germany.
Von-Alten-Garten is a public park in Hannover with walking paths, open green spaces, and mature trees near Lindener Berg. The layout combines grassy areas with wooded sections and features multiple entry points for easy access throughout the neighborhood.
The estate of the von Alten family dates from the 13th century. In 1688 it was leased to Franz-Ernst von Platen, who from 1692 had the Baroque Schloss Linden built by Brand Westermann and a French Baroque garden laid out by René Dahuron. After decades of legal disputes, the garden was converted into an English landscape park from 1800. The wooden palace burned down in an air raid in April 1945; its terraces and grotto survive.
The name recalls the von Alten family, who owned the estate from the 13th century and bought it back in 1816. The 1718 boundary wall and a gate opening survive south of the Westschnellweg. Since 1961 the city has run the grounds as a public park, with a school, kindergarten and supervised play park among the facilities.
The park is accessible through multiple entrances including the main gate at Von-Alten-Allee and Posthornstrasse for flexible navigation. The paths are wide and easy to walk, making the space straightforward to explore at your own pace.
The wooden Schloss Linden, built from 1692, burned down in an air raid in April 1945; only its stone foundation survived. South of the Westschnellweg a long stretch of the four-metre garden wall that Ernst August von Platen had built around the garden in 1718 still stands, with a gate opening preserved.
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