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

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

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