Yesterday, I participated in an excursion to Hugstetten organized by
Freiburg's Geschichtsverein Schau-ins-Land. What is so exciting about this village Northwest of Freiburg?
Konrad von Andlaw planted an English Garden around his castle in Hugstetten in 1827.
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| Erected by his children: Andlaw's tombstone at Hugstetten's church wall |
He had the adjacent farmhouses torn down to create enough space. The "Rössle" inn also had to make way in the process. As a replacement, Andlaw
had a new inn built a little further on, which - in reference to
Andlaw's coat of arms - was given the name "Zum roten Kreuz" ("To the
Red Cross").
Andlaw built an artificial lake and a canal. To the west of this
canal, on the Mühlenberg, a natural landscape garden was laid out—the
"English Garden." In doing so, the baron followed the model of the park
in Arlesheim, Switzerland, the previous seat of the Andlaw-Birsecks.
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