Botanical Garden (Braunschweig)

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The Institute for Plant Biology at the Okerumflutgraben
Artificial waterfall
Leaves of the giant water lily ( Victoria cruziana ) in the tropical house
Relief of Johann Heinrich Blasius, founder of the Botanical Garden

The Botanical Garden of the Technical University of Braunschweig is the botanical garden in Braunschweig . It was created in 1840 on the bank of the eastern flood ditch of the Oker .

location

The Botanical Garden is located northeast of the Braunschweig city center, with about two hectares each north and south of Humboldtstrasse. It is bordered by the Oker in the west and the Bültenweg in the east. The main entrance is at the historic gatehouse of the Fallersleber Tor at Humboldtstrasse 1. Next to it is the Institute of Plant Biology of the Technical University of Braunschweig , which is responsible for the Botanical Garden.

history

From 1828 the garden of the Anatomical-Surgical Institute was located on the western bank of the Oker . The head of the garden was Professor Johann Heinrich Blasius . Since this garden soon proved to be too small, Blasius advocated an enlarged new plant. In 1840 the botanical garden was laid out on the site of the former stately wooden yard. The old part of the garden was lost when the school was closed in 1868.

After 1875 and 1884, a facility for aquatic and marsh plants and an alpine plant were created. Around 1900 there were around 2,700 species in the open air and 1,200 in greenhouses. Some of the trees planted in 1840 are still standing today. In 1926 the Botanical Institute was set up on the garden grounds. During the Second World War , the garden was partially destroyed by bombing , especially in 1944/45, so that large parts of it had to be rebuilt after the end of the war. The newly built greenhouses were opened in 1950. The Alpinum was moved to the north slope in 1959.

An 800 square meter cottage garden with baroque elements has existed since 1985 . In 1989 a waterfall with a stream in a small ravine was built. In 1995 the garden area was expanded to around four hectares through acquisitions. This new part, which is mainly used for research in crop production, is located around 100 meters south of the core area on the site of a former sports field. Among other things, it is dedicated to swamp and water plants, the threatened cultural landscape of orchards and the observation of natural woody succession .

On March 31, 2006 a new tropical house was inaugurated, in which, among other things, a giant species of water lily can be viewed. In February 2010 a small greenhouse for carnivorous plants was set up.

Literature and publications

  • Technical University Carolo-Wilhelmina in Braunschweig, Botanical Garden (Ed.): Seeds of the ducal botanical garden of the Technical University Carolo-Wilhelmina in Braunschweig . Braunschweig 1879, OCLC 6529299 .
  • Georg Speckamp: Poison plants in the Braunschweig Botanical Garden . Botanical Garden, Braunschweig 1975, OCLC 247105703 .
  • Klaus Baeske, Georg Speckamp: Braunschweig Botanical Garden. Small guide through the outdoor facilities. 3rd edition, Braunschweig 1984.
  • Günter Fellenberg: Botanical Garden of the Technical University of Braunschweig: Species protection and conservation . Botanical Garden, Braunschweig 1985, OCLC 256165037 .
  • Gottfried Galling : 150 years of the Botanical Garden of the Carolo-Wilhelmina in Braunschweig. In: Carolo-Wilhelmina. Announcements from the TU Braunschweig. 24 (1989), No. 2, p. 47 f.
  • Klaus Baeske: Cottage garden: 1840–2000 . 160 years of the Botanical Garden of the Technical University of Braunschweig. Botanical Garden, Braunschweig 2000, OCLC 76227332 .

Web links

Commons : Botanischer Garten Braunschweig  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the Botanical Garden , accessed on September 17, 2012.

Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′ 15 ″  N , 10 ° 31 ′ 59 ″  E