Old Botanical Garden of Göttingen University
The Old Botanical Garden of Göttingen University (German: Alter Botanischer Garten der Universität Göttingen or Alter Botanischer Garten Göttingen), with an area of 4.5 hectares, is an historic botanical garden maintained by the University of Göttingen. It is located in the Altstadt at Untere Karspüle 1, adjacent to the city wall, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany, and open daily.
The garden was established in 1736 by
Forstbotanischer Garten und Arboretum), but the old garden continues. In one of the most recent changes, its systematic garden was converted in 2003–2007 from a century-old taxonomic structure to one reflecting contemporary molecular genetics
.
Today the garden contains 17,500 accessions representing about 14,000
succulent plants, and ferns
. Three tunnels through the city wall link the garden's inner and outer sections.
See also
- Forstbotanischer Garten und Arboretum
- Neuer Botanischer Garten der Universität Göttingen
- List of botanical gardens in Germany
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alter Botanischer Garten der Universität Göttingen.
- Alter Botanischer Garten der Universität Göttingen
- Garden map
- Plant listing, as of 2009[permanent dead link]
- Botanical Garden at Göttingen
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