Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
Between 1680 and 1918, Meiningen was the capital of the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen. In 1682-92, the ducal palace "Schloss Elisabethenburg" was built and by 1690 the Court Orchestra had been created. From 1782, the "Englischer Garten", an English landscape garden was created in the town center.