Idea
The Karlsgarden after the Capitulare de villis of Charlemagne is located in the west of Aachen in the area near Gut Melaten, which was given to the Freundeskreis Botanischer Garten Aachen on a long-term lease with the consent of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and RWTH. It is not a historical garden as there is no tradition that a garden in the Middle Ages actually existed in this or a similar version.
It is reminiscent of Charlemagne, who fundamentally renewed his empire through reforms and legal texts (capitularies). The best known and most important work of this kind in its aftermath is the “Capitulare de villis vel curtis imperialibus”, a copy of which has been preserved. Charlemagne not only ensured his own regular livelihood, but also the prosperity of his subordinates and thus created the first social and (land) economic order of the Middle Ages. In the 70th chapter of the ordinance, over 90 plants are listed that should be available on every royal estate. Monks as advisers and officials of the imperial chancellery wrote the capitular. To compile the list of plants, they drew on the knowledge of ancient authors from books as well as on the long experience and cultural tradition of monastic gardeners and gardens.
Our Sculptures
Babica Marisia
Bee Bear Figurenbeuten
Borders in Europe
Catena Aurea
Charlemagne Visions for Europe
Climate Change
Come Together
Connection
Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum
Dialog
Entführung der Europa
Europe
Europe and the Bull
Europe Fly and shine
Europe on the Bull
European Marble Run
Europos Parkas
Focus Future
Freedom of Expression
Freiheitsgrade
Gigante del Trafico
Giganto del Balossa
I Pellegrini
Inspiration little Helpers
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Millesgården
Museum Schengen
My Joy on Europe
Naturharfe
Nova
On the Trail of Stones
Open Borders
Pinocchio
Place to Embrace
Portal of Light
Postsigns for Europe
Renewal
Sculptures in the Flood Protection Wall
Skulpturen Rheinland Pfalz e.V.
Step by step to Europe
Team Effort
The Arch
