The Grüneburgpark is a public park in Frankfurt , Hesse , Germany, located in the Westend quarter. It began as a park for the Grüne Burg (Green Castle), a castle from the 14th century. In 1789, the banker Peter Heinrich von Bethmann Metzler acquired the property, and had the park designed. In 1837, the property was bought by the Rothschild family , who erected a palace-like mansion in the style of a French Loire palace. They commissioned Heinrich Siesmayer to develop an English garden , completed in 1877. Under the Nazi regime, Albert von Goldschmidt-Rothschild had to give up his family home. The palace was destroyed in an air raid in 1944.
16-513: After the War, the park was expanded to 29 hectares, and opened to the public. It has since been a popular recreation place, comprising the botanical garden of the university and a Korean Garden. Grüneburgpark began as a park for the Grüne Burg (Green Castle), a castle from the 14th century. In 1789, the banker Peter Heinrich von Bethmann Metzler acquired the property, expanded the building and had
32-475: A 29-hectare-large landscaped park developed in this location. The English-style park itself was finished in 1877 by Heinrich Siesmayer [ de ] . In 1935, after the Nazi rise to power, Albert von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, who committed suicide in emigration five years later, had to "transfer to the municipality" (quote from a letter to mayor Krebs ) what had been the home of his family. The "New Palais"
48-501: A castle from the 14th century. In 1789, the banker Peter Heinrich von Bethmann Metzler acquired the property, expanded the building and had the park designed. In the following years the great thinkers of the day met here, among them Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Bettina von Arnim . In 1837, the park was bought by the Rothschild family , who had a palais constructed in the manner of a French Loire castle. The Rothschild family had
64-618: Is a public park in Frankfurt , Hesse , Germany, located in the Westend quarter. It began as a park for the Grüne Burg (Green Castle), a castle from the 14th century. In 1789, the banker Peter Heinrich von Bethmann Metzler acquired the property, and had the park designed. In 1837, the property was bought by the Rothschild family , who erected a palace-like mansion in the style of a French Loire palace. They commissioned Heinrich Siesmayer to develop an English garden , completed in 1877. Under
80-671: Is organized into two major areas as follows. The geobotanical area contains an alpine garden , arboretum , meadows , steppes , marsh , and pond , as well as collections of plants from the Canary Islands , Caucasus , East Asia , Mediterranean , and North America . The systematic and ecological collection includes crop plants, endangered species , ornamental plants, roses , and the Neuer Senckenbergischer Arzneipflanzengarten (New Senckenberg Medicinal Plant Garden, 1200 m ). When
96-609: The City of Frankfurt. It is located at Siesmayerstraße 72, Frankfurt am Main , Germany , and opens daily in the warmer months. First Garden: near the Eschenheimer Turm (1767–1907). Frankfurt's first botanical garden was created in the years 1763–1774 by Johann Christian Senckenberg (1707–1772), and was operated by the Senckenberg Foundation as a hortus medicus for the cultivation of medicinal herbs for
112-607: The Frankfurters, especially in the summer months. The park's northwest corner is now the Botanical Garden Frankfurt . Another major botanical garden, the Palmengarten , is just across the street. The park is also home to a 4,800-square-metre Korean garden . It was a gift to the city as part of South Korea's presentation as the guest of honour at the 2005 Frankfurt Book Fair . It has been designed in
128-400: The Nazi regime, Albert von Goldschmidt-Rothschild had to give up his family home. The palace was destroyed in an air raid in 1944. After the War, the park was expanded to 29 hectares, and opened to the public. It has since been a popular recreation place, comprising the botanical garden of the university and a Korean Garden. Grüneburgpark began as a park for the Grüne Burg (Green Castle),
144-472: The Nazi rise to power, Albert von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, who committed suicide in emigration five years later, had to "transfer to the municipality" (quote from a letter to mayor Krebs ) what had been the home of his family. The "New Palais" was destroyed in an air raid in 1944. After the Second World War, the park was expanded to 29 hectares. It has since been a popular place for recreation among
160-769: The biological institutes of the Goethe University moved to the Riedberg, a new botanical garden, the Wissenschaftsgarten, was built there and the Botanischer Garten became part of the City of Frankfurt in 2012. Some collections, especially of tropical plants, moved to the new garden, but the majority, mainly temperate plants, remained in place. 50°7′38″N 8°39′30″E / 50.12722°N 8.65833°E / 50.12722; 8.65833 Gr%C3%BCneburgpark The Grüneburgpark
176-513: The city and foundation, a new, 1.4-hectare site was found just east of the Palmengarten. The move took place in 1907–1908. When the university was founded in 1914, the garden became a research facility. In the 1930s it was improved by an arboretum , alpine garden , and sand dunes . (The Palmengarten was restored in the 1960s and serves as Frankfurt's other major botanical garden.) Third Garden: Siesmayerstraße (since 1931). From 1931 to 1937,
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#1732773348652192-489: The foundation's public hospital and medical institute. Its site, about 1 hectare in size, was patterned on Carl Linnaeus ' garden in Uppsala . Until 1867 every director was a physician. By 1903, the garden cultivated more than 4,000 species but its extent had been gradually reduced by hospital expansion until just 7,000 m remained. Second Garden: adjacent to the Palmengarten (1907–1958). After lengthy negotiations between
208-459: The garden again began relocation to today's site on Siesmayerstraße in the northwestern Grüneburgpark . This move was delayed by World War II and the subsequent American occupation, and relocation was finally completed in 1958. A laboratory building and large greenhouse were added in the years 1961–63. Today the garden contains about 5,000 species , with special collections of Rubus (45 species ) and indigenous plants of central Europe . It
224-482: The park designed. In the following years the great thinkers of the day met here, among them Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Bettina von Arnim . In 1837, the park was bought by the Rothschild family , who had a palais constructed in the manner of a French Loire castle. The Rothschild family had a 29-hectare-large landscaped park developed in this location. The English-style park itself was finished in 1877 by Heinrich Siesmayer [ de ] . In 1935, after
240-580: The style of traditional Korean scholars' gardens. 50°07′36″N 8°39′37″E / 50.12667°N 8.66028°E / 50.12667; 8.66028 Botanischer Garten der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universit%C3%A4t Frankfurt am Main The Botanischer Garten Frankfurt am Main (7 hectares) is a botanical garden and arboretum formerly maintained by the Goethe University and since 2012 administered by
256-425: Was destroyed in an air raid in 1944. After the Second World War, the park was expanded to 29 hectares. It has since been a popular place for recreation among the Frankfurters, especially in the summer months. The park's northwest corner is now the Botanical Garden Frankfurt . Another major botanical garden, the Palmengarten , is just across the street. The park is also home to a 4,800-square-metre Korean garden . It
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