(1785-1871)
Count Hermann, elevated to Prince in 1822, discovered his passion for landscape design on a trip to England in 1812 when he saw the landscape gardens there.
In 1815 Pückler's part of the Lausitz region of Saxony was annexed by Prussia. According historians Pückler was one of the fifteen largest landowners in the Prussian kingdom.
The officer, traveller, man-about-town, and author creating gardens on his own properties. His further development of the "English Parks" in the scenic parks of Muskau and Branitz still count today among the special high points of the landscape design of the 19th century in Europe. In contrast to what was usual in England, he made sure that his parks were always open to the public.
In Potsdam he designed the 124 hectares large Babelsberg park, which was created for Prince William (later emperor Wilhelm I), and his wife, Augusta, on the Babelsberg Hill on the banks of the Havel river across from the city of Potsdam.
