Monument to Friedrich Ludwig Skel

The monument to Friedrich Ludwig Schkel, located in the southern part of the English Garden in the German city of Munich, is dedicated to the creator of the garden. It was commissioned by King Max I Joseph of sandstone in 1824 by the sculptor Ernst von Bandel on the sketch of the architect Leo von Klenze and installed on the shores of Lake Kleinhessenloe.

The monument, about 10 meters high, is a sculpture by Friedrich Ludwig Schkel, mounted on a column, on four sides of which there are female sculptures symbolizing the seasons. On the basis of the monument there are several inscriptions in German, one of which reads: To the sensual master of beautiful garden art, the highest embodiment of whose merit is this park, I put this monument. King Max Joseph, 1824.