Botanischer Garten der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Today's Botanical Gardens Frankfurt am Main belonged until the end of 2011 the Goethe University in Frankfurt and is now owned by the city of Frankfurt. He was already founded 1763-1774 by built by Johann Christian Senckenberg Dr. Senckenberg Foundation. At first he was southeast of the Eschenheim tower created with a size of about one hectare between today's bleaching and Stiftstrasse. The founder himself planned the Frankfurt Botanical Garden along the lines of Carl Linnaeus established in Uppsala garden, but in its final completion is no longer experienced.
The intention of the founder was to let in the immediate vicinity of him also donated Bürgerhospital a terrain for the cultivation of medicinal herbs ( Hortus Medicus a ) get ready.
First Garden
Because of the thematic focus on medicinal plants until 1867 always physicians (male doctors) were as Head of the garden - trained under practical help gardeners - ordered and only after botanist. Increasing loss of territory through development and also increased air pollution made the end of the 19th century, a move necessary.
Second Garden
After long negotiations between the city and the foundation for a 1.4 -acre site east of the palm grove was found and made available. The move took place in the years 1907 to 1908. This made the transplantation of the so-called Senckenberg yew, a time about three hundred years old yew, a stir. Manager at the time was director Martin Möbius in cooperation with the head gardener Rudolph Guenther. In addition to the systematic division according to Linnaeus, this garden had been a part that was constructed according to ecological principles. The garden should primarily serve the Senckenberg Research Institute and in the wake of the university, founded in 1914. During the 1930s designed Horticulture Inspector Kiehne the garden around. He built an arboretum and first phytogeographical plots ( alpine flowers, sand dune ). When this garden was too small for the needs of the research, was planned in 1930 to third, today's garden. The area of the second garden was later added to the palm garden.
Third and current garden
It was also soon found a new plot. It was a part of the Green Castle park of about 8 ha. So could start building in 1931 commissioned Diploma Horticulture Inspector Kurt Kiehne after six years of planning, 1937. Kiehne was interested by his training in the Botanical Garden Dahlem mainly due to the expansion of the phytogeographical division with a focus on Central European vegetation. Due to the Second World War and by the location of the garden in the restricted area of the American military administration of the garden was completed in 1958. The large building of the Biological Institute were built by the architect and builder Ferdinand Kramer University in 1954/55, the outbuildings beginning of the 1960s. They represent the last large and uniformly functional ensemble of Kramer 's university buildings represent and, following a name proposed by Kramers, called together with the garden environment as biology campus since early 1997.
Since late 2006, there are plans to unite the botanical garden with the palm garden after the impending relocation of the Biological Institute on the campus Riedenberg. The fate of the building has not yet been decided. Founded in 2001, The Friends of Botanical Garden of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main eV strives to maintain the system as an educational institution.
Although since 1 January 2012, the Botanical Garden now for the palm garden and is one of the city of Frankfurt, the entrance is free. From November to February, the garden is closed.