Pückler dedicated his life to the art of landscape gardening. His single-minded planning and the dogged execution of his plan between 1815 and 1845 created Muskauer Park and put Pückler in the exalted company of Sckell and Lenné. Muskauer Park was followed by projects in Neuhardenberg, Weimar, Paris and Branitz.
Pückler's work on his landscape garden in Muskau stalled in the early 1830s. The reason: lack of money. So he hired the best painters he could find to ensure that his vision was realised on paper at least. The paintings and Pückler's own descriptions appeared in 1834 under the title “Andeutungen über die Landschaftsgärtnerei” (Hints on Landscape Gardening).
The magnificent Hermann's Oak in the east of Muskauer Park. Is it a Germanic site of pagan ritual? A memorial to the legendary Germanic leader Hermann? Or a riddle set by Pückler, who loved to immortalize himself in his own park?
