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"The Botanical Garden of the University Göttingen originates from the Old Botanical Garden that was founded in 1736 by Albrecht von Hallerand is so the nucleus of the university. Today it consists of two sections: Old Botanical Garden and (Systematically Section) and New Botanical Garden (Geo-Botanical Section).
Situated right in the city centre the Old Botanical Garden houses on an area of less than 5 ha over 10.000 plant species. Outdoors there is among others a system with 1.200 species, a pond, a alpenum, a cultural-historical section (cultivated plants, weeds, medicinal plants) and a arboretum with old trees; tens of thousands of wild bulb plants appear in spring on the meadow. Some grounds have stayed untouched for roughly one hundred years, which lead to settling of animals that have no equal in other city centres (insects, amphibians, birds, bats etc.).
The Old Botanical Garden has eight public hothouses (palms, cycadeen, araceen, cacti, Victoria and fern houses as well as two greenhouses for overwintering of the cold house plant collections). Emphases are on the European wild plants, the cold house plants, bromeliads (among others. 500 Tillandsia-species), orchids, insectivores, tropical water plants etc. The special charm of the garden are the historical hothouses, party built in the last century, where the collections are being presented.
The New Botanical Garden was founded in 1967... "
Gärtnerisch-Botanischer Brief
Freunde der Botanischen Gärten in Göttingen
