The Botanischer Garten für Arznei- und Gewürzpflanzen Oberholz (2 hectares), or less formally the Botanischer Garten Oberholz, is a

botanical garden A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...

specializing in medical plants and spices. It is located at Störmthaler Weg 2 in Oberholz, a small suburb southeast of

Großpösna Großpösna is a municipality in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. It consists of Großpösna proper and the ''Ortschaften'' (localities) Dreiskau-Muckern, Güldengossa, Seifertshain and Störmthal.Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

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, and open daily in the warmer months; admission is free. The garden was established in 1936 as an adjunct to

Leipzig Botanical Garden The Leipzig Botanical Garden (german: Leipziger Botanische Gärten, Botanischer Garten der Universität Leipzig) is a 3.5-hectare botanical garden maintained by the University of Leipzig and is located at Linnéstraße 1, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. ...

to provide

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s with a practical knowledge of medicinal and aromatic plants. It was revived in 1945, after

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, by the initiative of a vocational teacher, and from 1948-2003 was maintained by the city of Leipzig as a municipal botanical garden. Since 2003 it has been maintained by the Association for Vocational Promotion of Women in Saxony. Today the garden contains over 400

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

, and is cultivated as a teaching and display garden.

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Botanischer Garten für Arznei- und Gewürzpflanzen Oberholz

Garden map

BGCI entry
Botanical gardens in Germany Gardens in Saxony {{Germany-garden-stub

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