page_title: University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden
section_title: The first garden: Hortus Medicus
hierarchical_section_title: University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden / History / The first garden: Hortus Medicus
caption_attribution_description: English: Hjørnet ved Fiolstræde. Bag muren tv. resterne af universitetes første botaniske have "Hortus Medicus" 1600-1770
context_page_description: The University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden, usually referred to simply as Copenhagen Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden located in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers an area of 10 hectares and is particularly noted for its extensive complex of historical glasshouses dating from 1874.
  The garden is part of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, which is itself part of the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Science. It serves both research, educational and recreational purposes.
  The identification code of the University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden as a member of the Botanic Gardens Conservation International, as well as the initials of its herbarium is C.
context_section_description: The botanical garden was first established in 1600 but it was moved twice before it was ultimately given its current location in 1870. It was probably founded to secure a collection of Danish medicinal plants after the Reformation had seen many convents and their gardens abandoned or demolished.
  The first garden, known as Hortus Medicus, was created on 2 August 1600 by royal charter on a piece of land donated by the king,  Christian IV. It was located in Skidenstræde (now Krystalgade) and a residence for one of the professors of the university was also built at the site. It rested upon the professor in residence to maintain the garden, irrespective of which chair he held. In 1621 Ole Worm personally took over the responsibility for the garden and he enriched it with a great number of Danish medicinal plants as well as rare foreign species he received from his many professional contacts abroad.
caption: The  remains of the first botanical garden. "Hortus Medicus", 1600-1770, at the corner of Fiolstræde and Krystalgade
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