The Forstbotanischer Garten Tharandt (; 33.4 hectares), also known as the Sächsisches Landesarboretum (‘Saxony State Arboretum’), is an

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maintained by the Dresden University of Technology. It is among the oldest arboreta in the world, and is located at Am Forstgarten 1, Tharandt, Saxony, Germany, and open daily except Friday in the warmer months. The arboretum was established in 1811 by

Heinrich Cotta Johann Heinrich Cotta, also Heinrich von Cotta, (30 October 1763 – 25 October 1844) was a German silviculturist who was a native of Kleine Zillbach, near Wasungen, Thuringia. He was founder of the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry, in Tharan ...

(1763–1844), founder of the Forestry College in Tharandt. In 1816, it was incorporated into the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry, and in 1842 augmented by the Schweizerhaus Tharandt, a building in the

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which now houses the arboretum museum. It has subsequently been expanded several times, most recently in 1998 with a new

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n section (15 hectares). Today, the arboretum contains about 2,000 species and varieties of woody plants.

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Forstbotanischer Garten Tharandt

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TU Dresden Tharandt, Forstbotanischer Garten Tharandt, Forstbotanischer Garten Tharandt Forestry in Germany History of forestry education Culture of Saxony Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry 1811 establishments in Saxony 1811 establishments in Germany {{Saxony-struct-stub

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