Hofgarten
Historic public park of plane-tree avenues, ponds, sculptures and gentle hills beside the old town.
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This guide to the Hofgarten in Düsseldorf goes back to November 1811, when Napoleon came to the capital of his Grand Duchy of Berg and a local boy named Heinrich Heine stood in the crowd along one of the park's avenues. It follows the words Heine later chose for that day, borrowed from the language of worship, and a small town rule that every resident knew by heart. Best heard under the plane trees, with the open lawns in front of you.
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