Alter Botanischer Garten Hamburg
The former botanical garden near Dammtor is now a section of Hamburg’s Planten un Blomen park. The university’s display greenhouses opened for the 1963 International Horticultural Exhibition. The greenhouses and neighbouring Mediterranean terraces are protected monuments.
Hamburg’s Old Botanical Garden — from city defences to glasshouses
The Old Botanical Garden brings two periods of Hamburg’s landscape history together. Remnants of the former defences sit near the terraces and glasshouses made for a twentieth-century horticultural exhibition.
Begin by looking at the way the ground drops towards the old watercourse. Then look for the slender external supports of the display greenhouses. The university explains that the glass structure hangs from these steel supports, leaving the spaces inside clear of columns. The terraces outside are part of the same ensemble.
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City of Hamburg — park history factory-dossier-5c993f475f1d7b6808a976e1. Supplies: summary, editorial, media_review. Reliability 3/5.
City of Hamburg — park opening and service notices factory-dossier-5c993f475f1d7b6808a976e1. Supplies: summary, editorial, media_review. Reliability 3/5.
Universität Hamburg — Dammtor greenhouses factory-dossier-5c993f475f1d7b6808a976e1. Supplies: summary, editorial, media_review. Reliability 3/5.
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