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1967 1974 1996 2011 1776-1793 1780 1797 1829 Hohenheim Establishment Expansion to The Hohenheim­ Establishment Founding of Exotic Garden, Construction of becomes a of the New include the Gardens become of the English the School of as of 1953 the the Old Botani- University Botanical natural a central Garden by Duke Horticulture State Arboretum cal Gardens Garden with landscape scientific of Württemberg 1960 –1985 vegetation garden institution at the Charles Eugene 1785 1818 1847 Restoration of history and University of and Franziska Cornerstone Establishment of Agricultural the Palace plant system Hohenheim of Hohenheim ceremony for the Agricultural Teaching the Hohenheim Teaching, Ex- Institute Palace perimental, and becomes the Model Institute Academy

In the 19th century under King With this expansion, trees and William I, the Exotic Garden was bushes could be moved from Information for visitors The Hohenheim Gardens in the In the 18th century, the art of hor- used as an exotic tree nursery. the Exotic Garden so that in the can be found at www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/uni-gardens south of Stuttgart have been a ticulture was changing. Duke Carl The Baroque Palace Park was oldest section of the gardens, special attraction for over 200 Eugen set up the Hohenheim transformed into the Botanical historically important structures The Hohenheim Gardens are open throughout the day free of charge. years. Palace Park in the Baroque, Garden. could once again be emphasized. We ask visitors to respect the Garden rules posted at the entrances. French style in addition to the At the same time, the unique col- The Hohenheim Gardens include English Garden. ●● Tree database for visitors: With the help of geo-data individual maps In the 1970s, the Botanical lection of woody plants was con- the Exotic Garden, the former with routes to various trees can be created. Garden was moved from the siderably enlarged. Today, the Ex- English Garden from Duke This contrast showed the transfor- ●● Information system Hohenheim Gardens: Scientific information on the Palace Park to the south on the otic Garden and the Landscape Carl Eugen and Franziska von mation of the French garden with plants in the Gardens. Schlossberg. The main focus Garden make up Baden-Württem- Hohenheim, the Palace Park on its strict structure to the English ●● Tours: You can find the topics and dates of the public tours in our here lies on the vegetation histo- berg’s State Arboretum. the south side of the Palace, and landscape gardens, with which annual program. Individual tours through all areas of the Garden can ry section, the medicinal gardens, the Botanical and Landscape people wanted to make nature be requested throughout the year. the plant systematics section and The University welcomes dona- ●● Collection Greenhouse: Opening hours for visitors: Gardens. more beautiful. Goethe and Schil- the warm-house collection. tions to maintain and care for Sundays from 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. ler, Uhland and Möricke as well as the gardens. Many friends of the ●● History of Hohenheim Museum in the Spielhaus Building: As scientific institutions, the other famous persons spent time In 1996, a natural landscape garden have already taken on tree www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/museums History | Garden Ensemble | Paths Hohenheim Gardens support here. garden was established to the sponsorships. the University’s teaching and re- south of the Exotic Garden search and provide a location for After the death of Duke Carl under consideration of scientific Department of Media & Marketing | Marketing & Events instruction for the State Horticul- Eugen in 1793 and the establish- Schloss Hohenheim 1 | Mittelbau 032 | 70599 Stuttgart and design aspects. Hohenheim Gardens tural School. ment of the Agricultural Institute in E [email protected] 1818, the property was used for a Text: R. Gliniars, A. M. Steiner, R. Bäßler different purpose. Images: Universität Hohenheim: R. Gliniars, A. M. Steiner et al.

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Modern medicinal plants garden Poplar Vineyard Sheep pasture Plant Collection

Spielhaus with a sycamore Monopteros in the Landscape Garden III Tavern of Greenhouse Avenue Magnolia in front of the Palace Begonia in the Collection Greenhouse Rome

Paracelsusstraße WC IV X The Exotic Garden is the oldest objects for teaching and observa- Viewing platform Today’s Palace Park arose from West of this is the systematic Plant Systematics Hildegard of Bingen’s medieval medicinal garden part of the garden and originat- tion. Because of this variety, the Fields of the Old Botanical Garden that department, where annually vary- Exotic Garden VI ed in the English Garden from State Arboretum is internationally historical crop was created starting in 1829. In ing species are planted on around Playground V 1776 to 1793, the “Dörfle”. Under renowned as one of the most di- Memorials and buildings half-circle arcs, 360 ­species of 0.8 hectares according to their King William I of Württemberg, the verse collections of trees in Cen- I Spielhaus Building, trees from North America and natural relationships, allowing garden was used as an exotic tral Europe. History of Hohenheim Museum Vegetation History Europe are displayed on an ­visitors to be able to recognize II Franziska Memorial state tree nursery and orchard. area of around 4.3 hectares on evolutional connections within the III Tavern of the City of Rome From 1919 onwards, under the di- The provision of plant material­ for Tavern of Rome the south side of the Palace. higher plants. Seeds of many spe- rection of the Horticulture School, teaching and research ­purposes IV Columns of thundering Jupiter If you go through the Palace cies are collected each year and V Mittags-Stele (Noon-Stele) the garden was re-designed in- is one of the most important Park and along Poplar avenue, made available to other botanical VI Work of Art Vision to its original form of the English tasks of the Hohenheim Gardens VII Monopteros VII past the experimental vineyard gardens to ensure species diver- Garden and arboretum. in addition to the care and main- VIII Lavender Labyrinth and the sheep pasture toward sity using the international seed VIII IX e ß IX Columns Sculpture a tenance as well as the conser- tr the south, you will reach the exchange. X Paracelsus Memorial Landscape Garden rs e d In the Exotic Garden, numerous vation of the trees. The Hohen­ XI View of il Botanical Garden´s section of F

XII Katharina Memorial e old trees can be found. Some are heim Gardens are a member in r vegetation history. The Plant Collection Greenhouse le t XIII Bismarck Memorial t champion trees, that is, the old- the Verband Botanischer Gärten, i to the north of the plant sys- XIV Scenic Viewpoint Staufenblick M est and largest of their kind in in the Deutsche Dendrolo- XV War Memorial for the students of the Agricultural School The ensemble “History of agri- tematics ­section was opened in Baden-Württemberg or even in gische Gesellschaft, and in the XVI Hohenheim Palace 0 50 10 0 150m cultural crops,” Hildegard von 2014 and includes tropical and . Rhododendron Gesellschaft and State Arboretum Baden-Württemberg: 16.5 ha Bingen’s medieval medicinal gar- sub-tropical plant collections with conduct experiments on climate ► Exotic Garden: 9.2 ha den, and a modern medicinal around 1,000 species includ- ► Landscape Garden: 7.3 ha Nearly 1100 species and over change. garden in which the medicinal ing tropical crops, insect-eating Botanical Garden: 13.6 ha 1400 varieties and forms of trees plants that are pharmacological- plants, and – particularly import- ► Palace Park: 4.3 ha and shrubs on a space larger than ► Vegetation History: 8.5 ha ly important are planted accord- ant – over 180 wild begonia vari- 16 hectares in the Exotic Garden ► Plant Systematics: 0.8 ha ing to their substances make up eties. and Landscape Garden serve as ► Plant Collection Greenhouse: 600 m² a worldwide one-of-a-kind facility.