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Old Botanical Garden, Zurich

Old Botanical Garden, Zurich

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Old Botanical Garden, Zurich

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Location: Zurich, Switzerland

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1. Zurich City Hall – Town Hall Bridge, Zurich loop from Zürich HB SZU

12.4km

03:14

90m

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2. View of Zurich – Uetliberg loop from Zürich Hauptbahnhof

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06:25

480m

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3. View of Zurich – Old Metal Staircase loop from Zürich HB SZU

15.1km

04:33

450m

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Matto

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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Outdoorschwoaba (📍Wannweil 🇩🇪)

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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MartinaTsüri

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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Old Botanical Garden, Zurich

1. Zurich City Hall – Town Hall Bridge, Zurich loop from Zürich HB SZU

2. View of Zurich – Uetliberg loop from Zürich Hauptbahnhof

3. View of Zurich – Old Metal Staircase loop from Zürich HB SZU

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