The Water fea­tures and Her­cules with­in the Berg­park Wil­helmshöhe is a mon­u­men­tal Baroque and Roman­tic gar­den land­scape. Water descends from the Giant stat­ue of Her­cules, pass­ing a water-wheel-pow­ered organ, var­i­ous foun­tains, water­falls, basins and grottoes.The dra­mat­ic water dis­plays were laid out by Land­grave Carl of Hesse-Kas­sel from 1689 onwards, to dis­play his pow­er as an absolute ruler. He derived his ideas from Ital­ian, French and Eng­lish exam­ples of gar­den art.