Alter Botanischer Garten Hamburg

The Alter Botanischer Garten Hamburg (Old Botanical Garden Hamburg), sometimes also known as the Schaugewächshaus or the Tropengewächshäuser, is a botanical garden now consisting primarily of greenhouses in the Planten un Blomen park of Hamburg, Germany. Alter Botanischer Garten is located on the Hamburg Wallring at Stephansplatz and is open daily without charge.

Alter Botanischer Garten
The bridge in the park is named after Jan van Valckenborgh who extended the city's wall in the seventeenth century.[1]
TypeBotanical garden
LocationHamburg
Coordinates53°33′40″N 9°58′59″E
Opened1821
StatusOpen all year
CollectionsFerns, Sub-tropical, Tropical, Palms and Succulents
WebsiteAlter Botanischer Garten Hamburg (Tropengewächshäuser)

Description

Greenhouses in the Alter Botanischer Garten Hamburg, designed by architect Bernhard Hermkes

The garden is located on the site of Hamburg's old botanical garden at the city wall, established 1821 by Professor Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (17921860). Its alpine garden was established in 1903; most plants were subsequently moved to the new Botanischer Garten Hamburg in 1979. Herbal and medicinal plantings are clustered around the city's former moat. Today's gardens consist primarily of five interconnected greenhouses, total area 2,800 m², built 19621963 by architect Bernhard Hermkes (19031995), as follows:

The garden contains special collections of Aizoaceae (30,000 accessions representing about 1,500 species), Orchidaceae (about 2,500 accessions), Bambusoideae, Begoniaceae, Bromeliaceae, Cycadaceae, Masdevallia, Piperaceae, and Zingiberaceae.

See also

References

  1. History of the area Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 4 November 2012
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