The Botanical Garden of the Justus Liebig University is the oldest botanical university garden in Germany. Its beginnings go back to the year 1609. Landgrave Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt left a small garden at the castle tower to the university to establish a "hortus medicus" (medicinal herb garden). Situated in the middle of the city, the Botanical Garden is a place of peace and quietness that is frequented by the most diverse groups of visitors.
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The Botanical Garden of the Justus Liebig University is the oldest botanical university garden in Germany. Its beginnings go back to the year 1609. Landgrave Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt left a small garden at the castle tower to the university to establish a "hortus medicus" (medicinal herb garden). Situated in the middle of the city, the Botanical Garden is a place of peace and quietness that is frequented by the most diverse groups of visitors.
The Botanical Garden is an institution of the department of biology and chemistry of the Justus Liebig University of Gießen. For teaching and research, about 7500 plant species from all over the world are cultivated on an area of about 3 hectares. It is open to the public from the end of march to the end of october. The entrance is free!
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...is a database that provides students and visitors with information about individual plants, their distribution areas, etc., independently of guided tours through the Botanical Garden. The plant signs are provided with QR codes, which visitors can use to call up the information via smartphone.
The intention is to create a digital garden that can be expanded into a teaching-oriented information pool.
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The greenhouses have varying opening hours.
From mid-October to mid-March, the Botanical Garden has winter rest.
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