Germany: Munich’s English Garden
By sandra. Filed in Europe, Germany, History, Munich, National and State Parks, Nature |
The “English Garden”, really the Englischer Garten in Munich is known as one of the largest urban public parks in the world. Believe it or not, it was designed by an American physicist, Sir Benjamin Thompson in 1789.
Born in Woburn, Massachusetts, he served as a Lieutenant-Colonel on the British side during the American Revolutionary War for which he received a knighthood from King George III. He later lived in Germany and became Count Rumford.
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