A particular attraction of Neustrelitz is the Stadtpark (Municipal Park), originally the Schlosspark. The Schloss itself, an 18th C. half-timbered building by J. Löwe, was destroyed in 1945. The Baroque-style park, also laid out by Löwe, was much altered and extended after 1790; at one stage P. J. Lenné was involved in its replanning. Of the original Baroque layout there survives the main axis directed towards the Schloss; the rest of the area has been transformed into a landscaped park.
At the end of the main avenue is the Temple of Hebe (1840). In the northeastern part of the park is the "Avenue of the Gods" (Götterallee), with nine sandstone figures of the gods of antiquity and the Seasons (second half of 18th C.). Here too is the Orangery, originally Baroque (1755) but remodeled in neo-classical style by Schinkel and Buttel in 1840 (fine interior; restored 1986). To the west of the main avenue can be seen a bust of Field-Marshal Blücher (after a model by C. D. Rauch, 1816). In the northwestern part of the park, on a low hill, stands a classical-style temple with four columns (by the Berlin architect Seelig, 1891) in memory of Queen Luise, with a marble statue of the queen (by A. Wolff, after an original by C. D. Rauch).
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