...The city was formed by combining the old town (12th century), the new town (13th century), the free town (14th century), and the new and old town (17th-18th century) of the upper new town, which was built in the early modern period as a residence for French exiles. However, what made the city famous were the park facilities built outside the city in the century after the beginning of the 18th century, making use of the vast natural surroundings. In other words, the greenhouse gardens built on an island in the Fulda River and the forest park Wilhelmshöhe (centered on a mountain palace and a staircase waterfall) that used the Habicht forest that spreads to the west of the city, can be said to be a great legacy of the baroque tastes of the Hessian princes. However, it is also well known that the funds for these were obtained by the princes renting their own soldiers to foreign countries (especially England) (the "soldier trade"). *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Wilhelmshöhe" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…旧市(12世紀),新市(13世紀),自由市(14世紀),そして近世にフランスからの亡命ユグノーの居住地として建設された上部新市(17~18世紀)の新・旧市街が一つの都市に合成されたものだが,この町の名を高からしめたのは,18世紀初頭以後ほぼ1世紀間に,市街の外側に広大な自然を利用して築かれた公園施設である。すなわち,フルダ川の川中島につくられた温室庭園と,市の西方にひろがるハビヒト森を利用した森林公園ウィルヘルムスヘーエ(山上の離宮と階段滝を中心とする)で,これはヘッセンの君主たちのバロック趣味が残した一大遺産といえよう。ただしその費用が,君主による自国の兵士の外国(特にイギリス)への賃貸し(〈兵士貿易〉)によって得られたものであることも,またよく知られる。… ※「ウィルヘルムスヘーエ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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