Hermann Geitner (3 March 1848 - 20 October 1905) was a German garden planner and a prominent director of the Royal Garden in Berlin. Geitner was the son of a porcelain manufacturer in Althaldensleben near

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. He trained in gardening and nursery techniques under

Johann Gottlob Nathusius Johann Gottlob Nathusius (April 30, 1760 – July 23, 1835) was a German industrialist. Nathusius was born in Baruth, and learned the trade of a merchant in Berlin, later joining the trading company Sengewald in Magdeburg. After the death of the ...

and then travelled around Europe. After the

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he returned and was recruited by Eduard Neide, the director of the Tiergarten as an assistant. He worked on various improvements to the garden and was recommended for the position of head gardener in 1880. He then set up several ornamental gardens including the ones in Luiseninsel and at Goethe's monument in Berlin. He began to design parks and public spaces with conveniences around Berlin. He laid out avenue trees and monuments were carefully bordered by hedges. Geitner believed in open spaces for the public and was opposed by those who favoured the retention of forests.

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Biography (in German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Geitner, Hermann German gardeners 1848 births 1905 deaths