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Berggarten, Herrenhausen
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Danny aus SHG
May 23, 2017
Hiking
As early as 1704, the Berggarten started as a mulberry orchard. Elector Sophie had such a great interest in strange plants that she, as later, also provided her daughter Charlotte …
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LindenLaune
April 23, 2021
Hiking
The Berggarten in the Herrenhausen district of Hanover was built on the slope of an Ice Age sand dune and developed from a vegetable and nursery garden created by Duke Johann Friedrich in 1666 as a kitchen garden for growing vegetables with Electress Sophie in 1686 into a botanical garden in which exotic plants were grown. From 1706, the silk worms of the Royal Silkworm Manufactory in Hameln were fed with Herrenhausen mulberry tree leaves. Together with the Great Garden, the Georgengarten and the Welfengarten, it belongs to the Herrenhausen Gardens.
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