Zagreb Botanical Garden

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Botanical Garden

The Zagreb Botanical Garden (Croatian: Botanicki vrt u Zagrebu ) is located in the center of Zagreb , the capital of Croatia . The facility is part of the so-called green horseshoe .

investment

The botanical garden is around 50,000 m² and is home to around 10,000 plant species, including around 1,800 exotic plants, mainly from Asia . The arboretum, laid out in the English style, occupies the largest part of the complex . There are also several thematically arranged areas, for example an alpine garden and compartments for Mediterranean, sub-Mediterranean and Western European plant species. In the complex there are also artificially created ponds, various greenhouses and an exhibition pavilion.

history

Bohuslav Jiruš, professor of botany and physiology at the University of Zagreb , developed ideas for the establishment of a botanical garden in Zagreb from 1876. In the 1880s, these plans would be more specific and implementation would begin. Antun Heinz, Jiruš's successor, opened the facility in 1889. The first greenhouses were built in 1890. An Art Nouveau exhibition pavilion was built for a trade fair in 1891 , and several greenhouses and public facilities followed over the next few years, and two lakes were created. In 1906 an excursion was made to the area around Zagreb, Samobor and Gorski kotar to collect plants for the Botanical Garden.

During the First World War , the garden had to be temporarily closed to the public, as well as during the Great Depression . Nevertheless, the construction of thematically structured plant quarters began in the 1920s. In 1933 a well with an associated machine building was built for the water supply, which is one of the last well-preserved wells in Zagreb from the time before the Second World War .

During the Second World War, the Botanical Garden was badly damaged and had to be closed again. Reconstruction began after the war. From 1948 to 1978 Sala Ungar acted as the plant's director. The garden was reopened under his direction, and he also began to set up a plant register and a seed directory (Delectus Seminum). From the 1960s, exhibits from the Botanical Garden took part in various plant fairs and exhibitions and received several awards. In 1971 the complex was given the status of a legally protected garden architecture monument. In the 1980s, the garden was extensively renovated and partially redesigned. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary in 1989 a memorial plaque was erected.

At the beginning of the 2000s, the entire complex was renovated because the plant population was threatened by pests that were introduced. During the same period, the restoration and repair of all technical and structural facilities took place.

Since 2013, the Botanical Garden has been a special department of the Biology Department of the University of Zagreb.

Web links

Commons : Botanical garden in Zagreb  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Uwe Mauch: Zagreb . 4th edition. Trescher Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-89794-419-0 , pp. 115 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ↑ Annika Senger: Botanical Garden Zagreb: Shadows & Giant Water Lilies. Croatia Love, June 11, 2017, accessed August 22, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Géza Hajós (ed.): City parks in the Austrian monarchy 1765-1918 . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2007, ISBN 978-3-205-77638-3 , pp. 173 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ↑ a b c d History. Zagreb Botanical Garden, accessed on August 22, 2018 .
  5. ^ Josef Achleitner: Zagreb: Croatia's small cosmopolitan city. Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, June 16, 2013, accessed on August 22, 2018 .

Coordinates: 45 ° 48 ′ 18 ″  N , 15 ° 58 ′ 18 ″  E