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Old Botanical Garden Zurich

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    1. Zurich Town Hall – Rathausbrücke Zurich loop from Zürich HB SZU

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    January 23, 2025

    When it no longer seemed necessary to defend the city militarily, the bulwark was slowly dismantled from 1835 onwards. The former defensive structure was promptly given another use: it became a green garden. The doctor and naturalist Johannes Gessner created a botanical garden in collaboration with the "Natural Research Society of Zurich", founded in 1746.

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      November 5, 2020

      The old botanical garden, which has existed since 1833, is located at the former “zur Katz” bulwark (Quartier City, Kreis 1). In 1977 a new facility was opened on Zollikerstrasse (Quartier Weinegg, District 8) with the Institute for Systematic Botany of the University of Zurich.

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        February 18, 2021

        The botanical garden is located on a moraine hill. At its highest point there is a medieval herb garden.

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          Location: Zurich, Switzerland

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