Greifswald Botanical Garden and Arboretum (total area 9 hectares, German: ''Botanischer Garten und Arboretum der Universität Greifswald''), was founded in 1763. It is one of the oldest

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s in

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, and one of the oldest scientific gardens in the world. It is associated with the

University of Greifswald The University of Greifswald (; ), formerly known as Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald, is a public research university located in Greifswald, Germany, in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Founded in 1456, it is one of th ...

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History

The Botanic Garden in

was founded in 1763 by Samuel Gustav Wilcke als ''hortus medicus'', i.e. as a physic garden growing

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

s for medicinal research. Within a short period of time, the plants in the botanic garden served both a medical ''and'' a scientific purpose, and the garden was renamed to ''hortus academicus'' one year later. Originally, the Botanic Garden was situated near the

's main administrative building, but extensive building activity in the 19th century made a relocation necessary. Professor Julius Münter arranged for the move to a two hectare area west of the city centre, which was completed in 1886. Sixteen greenhouses are situated across the garden today, about half of which are open to the public. The Botanic Garden and the Arboretum are used by the university and students for research and teaching purposes to this very day.

Botanic Garden

The Botanic Garden consists of 16 greenhouses () and the adjacent outdoor area (). The total area of the Botanic Garden is two

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s. The Botanic Garden is located at ''Grimmer Str. 88''. It contains about 7,000 plants.

Arboretum

The

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has a total size of seven

s, and is situated at ''Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Str.'', which is near

Greifswald University Library Greifswald University Library () is the official library of the University of Greifswald, situated in Greifswald, Germany. Its earliest days go back to the founding of the university in the year 1456, and it became Germany's first centralised uni ...

and

Greifswald University Hospital Greifswald University Hospital () in Greifswald, Germany is a teaching hospital for the University of Greifswald's medical school. Greifswald University Hospital is owned and operated by a non-profit ''Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts'' in cooperat ...

. The arboretum contains roundabout 1,500 plants and trees. Opening hours as of 2016 * April: 9–15.45 Uhr * May to September: 9–18 Uhr * October: 9–15.45 Uhr

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External links

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Department of Botanics and Landspace Ecology at the Univ. of Greifswald
(German/English) {{DEFAULTSORT:Greifswald Botanic Garden And Arboretum Botanical gardens in Germany Arboreta in Germany Gardens in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Botanic Garden A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is ...