Darmstadt Botanical Garden
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The Darmstadt Botanical Garden is a botanical garden in the university town of Darmstadt in southern Hesse . It is open to the public.
history
The history of the Darmstadt Botanical Garden begins in 1814 . At that time, the moat of Darmstadt Castle was fed with the water of the Darmbach and this from the sewage of the neighboring old town, which gave off an unbearable stench in the summer months. Johannes Hess (1786–1837), a grand ducal building councilor who was also interested in botany, therefore suggested draining the land and establishing a botanical garden on the newly reclaimed site. On June 17, 1814, the Grand Duke approved the plans of Hess, this date can be seen as the date of foundation.
In the scientifically planned facility on an area of approx. 1 ha, primarily native plants - mainly herbaceous representatives - were cultivated. The court gardener Johann August Schnittspahn (1763–1842) was initially entrusted with the horticultural care . The complex soon proved to be completely inadequate, and so in 1829/30 it was relocated to the Herrschaftliches Bosquett , today's Herrngarten, where the botanical garden remained until 1838. Under the horticultural direction of Johann August Schnittspahn and his son Gottfried (1790–1833), in collaboration with Hess, a new facility was built that was officially opened in 1831.
In 1830 Georg Friedrich Schnittspahn (1810-1865; the name of the street at today's botanical garden after him), a younger brother of Gottfried, was appointed garden inspector. He was the first director of the garden (from 1855) and at the same time a teacher at the higher trade school, the forerunner of today's Technical University of Darmstadt .
After another relocation, the garden was located on small Woog in the area of today's Mercksplatz until 1848 . Another move followed: from 1849 to 1863 it was in the Wilhelminenplatz area. In this facility there were two greenhouses that made it possible for the first time to cultivate warm house plants. This garden had to give way to the construction of the New Palais in 1864/65 . His new home was a one hectare lease in the Meiereipark on Frankfurter Strasse, which quickly turned out to be too small.
The Achensmühle property [named after the chancellery Georg Konrad Achen (approx. 1795–1868) from Darmstadt] east of the Woog on Roßdörfer Strasse could be acquired at state expense . 35,700 guilders were spent on the approx. 5 hectare site and the relocation in 1874. The first director of the new garden and professor at the Technical University in the field of microscopy, cell and tissue theory was Leopold Dippel , whose interest was also in dendrology . Over the years, together with the horticultural director Peter Schmidt (since 1861 court gardener, died 1888), he put together a collection of foreign trees that is still important today. On April 1, 1897, the garden of the Technical University of Darmstadt was attached. Heinrich Schenck succeeded Dippel as director of the botanical garden in 1896 . He was director until his untimely death in 1927. As early as 1902, an administration building was built by Karl Hofmann , which is kept in the local style. During his rector's time from 1909 to 1911, new greenhouses were built, which were renewed again in 1916.
Some of the greenhouses were renewed in 1957, 1974 and finally in 2013.
The line of gardening inspectors has some well-known personalities. After Schmidt's death, Joseph Anton Purpus (1860–1932) was appointed gardening inspector in 1888. Through him and his brother Carl Albert Purpus , a famous traveler and collector, a multitude of new plants entered the garden. The series of garden inspectors and managers continued in 1926 by Friedrich Wilhelm Kesselring (1876–1966), a humble man with extensive knowledge of plants and deep piety. After his retirement in 1947, the dendrologist Franz Boerner (1897–1975) , known far beyond Darmstadt, took over the post. From 1965 to 1992 Achim Ritter managed the Botanical Garden with great personal commitment. Since then, the garden has been managed by Stefan Schneckenburger (* 1954).
Events
The botanical garden is home to various events. The art and design exhibition "Art of Eden" has been taking place there for several years. There were occasional music events.
Geographical location
The botanical garden is located in Darmstadt-Ost not far from the northernmost point of the Odenwald . To the north of the institute behind the B26 is the Untermain .
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Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ′ 9 ″ N , 8 ° 40 ′ 43 ″ E