page_title: Greifswald Botanic Garden and Arboretum
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Greifswald Botanic Garden and Arboretum / History
caption_attribution_description: Blick von der Aussichtsplattform (auf 60&#160;m Höhe) des Turms des Greifswalder Doms St. Nikolai nach Westen auf die St.-Jacobi-Kirche. Davor der 2006 neugestaltete Rubenowplatz mit dem ebenfalls 2006 restaurierten Rubenowdenkmal und rechts davon mit Flachdach das Gebäude der Theologischen Fakultät (Rubenowplatz 2/3).
context_page_description: Greifswald Botanical Garden and Arboretum, was founded in 1763. It is one of the oldest botanical gardens in Germany, and one of the oldest scientific gardens in the world. It is associated with the University of Greifswald in Greifswald, Germany.
context_section_description: The Botanic Garden in Greifswald was founded in 1763 by Samuel Gustav Wilcke als hortus medicus, i.e. as a physic garden growing plants for medicinal research. Within a short period of time, the plants in the botanic garden served both a medical and a scientific purpose, and the garden was renamed to hortus academicus one year later.
  Originally, the Botanic Garden was situated near the University of Greifswald's main administrative building, but extensive building activity in the 19th century made a relocation necessary.
  Professor Julius Münter arranged for the move to a two hectare area west of the city centre, which was completed in 1886. Sixteen greenhouses are situated across the garden today, about half of which are open to the public.
  The Botanic Garden and the Arboretum are used by the university and students for research and teaching purposes to this very day.
caption: The Botanic Garden was formerly situated beyond the white administrative building on the left, but it was moved to its current place in the 1880s.
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