The Botanischer Garten Gera (0.7 hectares), also known as the Botanischer Garten der Museum für Naturkunde Gera, 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 ...

located on the grounds of the ''Museum für Naturkunde der Stadt Gera'' at Nicolaistrasse 6,

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. It is open daily without charge. The garden was created from 1897 to 1900 in the

English garden The English landscape garden, also called English landscape park or simply the English garden (french: Jardin à l'anglaise, it, Giardino all'inglese, german: Englischer Landschaftsgarten, pt, Jardim inglês, es, Jardín inglés), is a sty ...

style, and is the last surviving garden in front of the eastern wall. It was linked to the municipal Museum of Natural History in 1947. Today it contains about 300 plant

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 ...

, including trees, culinary herbs, and medical plants, as well as a tower house built in 1864.

External links

Gera Museum für Naturkunde: Botanischer Garten Gera

BGCI entry

Thueringen Info entry

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