Hofgarten, classical summer palace in Berg, Landshut, Germany

The Herzogsschlösschen is a single-storey classicist building with a mansard roof and a mezzanine level, built in 1782 by city architect Thaddäus Leitner as a summer residence for Duke Wilhelm von Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen. It stands in the Herzogsgarten, a 2.5-hectare walled landscape garden adjoining the Hofgarten. In front of it is a 1784 sandstone monument to the gardeners Friedrich Ludwig and Matthias Sckell, a garlanded urn on a base with a Latin inscription.

Duke Wilhelm V enclosed the Königlgarten here at the end of the 16th century; its wall still surrounds the Herzogsgarten. From 1780 to 1800 Wilhelm von Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen resided in Landshut and had Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell redesign the garden, with Sckell's brother Matthias building it. In 1782 city architect Thaddäus Leitner erected the Herzogsschlösschen as the duke's summer residence, and in 1807 the garden passed to the University of Landshut, which removed the pond, stream, bridge and exotic trees.

The garden takes its name from the ducal court it once served. Today it functions as a gathering place where locals walk, observe wildlife, and rest beneath centuries-old trees that shape how people experience the space.

The Herzogsschlösschen stands in the Herzogsgarten, a 2.5-hectare walled landscape garden adjoining the Hofgarten northeast of Landshut's old town in the Berg district. The garden is reached on foot from the Hofgarten; the small palace itself serves as a depot for the museums of the city of Landshut and is not open to visitors. The sandstone monument to the Sckell brothers stands in front of the building.

The sandstone monument in front of the Herzogsschlösschen was erected in 1784 by Duke Wilhelm for the Sckell brothers, Friedrich Ludwig and Matthias. It is a garlanded urn on a base with a Latin inscription, moved here from its original spot below the summer residence.