But Michael Keller is not up on the palace roof. Instead he is walking through the park: “The fascinating thing for me about a landscape garden is how people are directed and guided through the park by its design. I’m just heading towards an appealing destination and suddenly I spot a mysterious temple between all the trees and shrubs. This view is not a coincidence. Schoch and Neumark, the gardeners at Wörlitz, were magnificent artists who understood their craft.”

Nowadays, Keller’s skills and imagination are much in demand, because Wörlitz Park is the jewel in the crown of the Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz and is visited every year by several hundred thousand people. Visitors enjoy the high standards at this UNESCO World Heritage site, stroll over the 17 unusual bridges, discover ancient temples and monuments, satisfy their longing for the warmer climes of southern Europe in the amphitheatre on Stein Island, admire the English windows, precious paintings and Chinese designs in the beautifully restored palace, can hardly tear themselves away from the Swiss glass paintings in the Gothic House and finally treat themselves to a gondola ride over the peaceful lake with a delicious evening buffet meal on board. With a smile you want to say: “Stay a while, you are so beautiful.”

Echtzeit - Online Magazin - “The Garden Kingdom is the jewel in our crown”