Wasserspiele Hellbrunn

Name: Wasserspiele Hellbrunn
Address: Fuerstenweg 37, Salzburg, Salzburg, AT

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Wasserspiele Hellbrunn are water gardens with trick fountains and automata in Hellbrunn Palace Park, on Salzburg’s southern edge.

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The Neptune grotto’s copper face, which rolls its eyes and sticks out its tongue.

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Monday09:30 – 17:30

Tuesday09:30 – 17:30

Wednesday09:30 – 17:30

Thursday09:30 – 17:30

Friday09:30 – 17:30

Saturday09:30 – 17:30

Sunday09:30 – 17:30

Wine cellar entranceA wrought-iron gate and two seated dog sculptures mark the entrance.Wine cellar

Orpheus grottoOrpheus plays a violin to wild animals among marble sculptures and tufa resembling stalactites.Orpheus grotto
Star-shaped pondSeven spring outlets feed the pond, and water runs from it over mosaic-covered cascades.Star-shaped pond
Roman theatreA curved wall carries pebble mosaics and niches with six statues.Roman theatre
Venus grottoA dolphin beside the statue sends an arc of water around a bouquet.Venus grotto
Wrestling tritonsTwo tritons spout water as they wrestle, while a jet lifts a ball.Large square basin

Their design drew on Italian water features. Lorenz Rosenegger completed it in 1752.

c. 1613Prince-Archbishop Markus Sittikus von Hohenems commissioned the water gardens.
1659Guidobald von Thun built the wine cellar.
c. 1700Johann Ernst Graf Thun built the Eurydikebrunnen, replacing an earlier fountain.
1748Archbishop Andreas Jakob commissioned the mechanical theatre.
1752Lorenz Rosenegger completed the mechanical theatre.

Where

Fuerstenweg 37, Salzburg

Is Wasserspiele Hellbrunn free to visit?

The garden parterre, park, hill and stone theatre are free to enter.

Where is Wasserspiele Hellbrunn?

The water gardens are at Fürstenweg 37, in Hellbrunn Palace Park on Salzburg’s southern edge.

Will I get wet at Wasserspiele Hellbrunn?

Water jets in the rain grotto and the antlers above its entrance can spray visitors.

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