Botanical Garden of the University of Tartu
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Description: An Estonian university garden over 200 years old. Detailed description of plant collection and visitor information.
The Botanical Garden of the University of Tartu was founded in 1803, near what is now the Vanemuine Old Theatre House. In 1806 the garden was relocated to more suitable site, on the ruins of the ancient city wall and fortifications near  the river and ponds. The first director of the garden was Prof. Gottfried Albrecht Germann and the first chief gardener in duty was Johann Anton Weinmann. The first master plan of the Garden was made by Weinmann and it serves till nowadays. In 1811 Prof. Carl Friedrich Ledebour was nominated the director. Under his active leadership, the  collections of the Garden were enriched by many new species, collected from Siberia and other unexplored regions of the Russian Empire, and firstly described by Ledebour. Most of them reached Western Europe via our Garden. Many other famous botanists as Trautvetter, Maximovicz, Bunge, Russow, Kuznetsov, Lippmaa have contributed to the development of this marvelous Garden. The Garden contains several monuments gratefully reviving the memory of our forerunners contribution.
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| Date | created: 06.08.2010 12:40:41 created: 06.08.2010 12:40:42 created: 11.08.2011 14:54:21 changed: 11.08.2011 14:54:23 changed: 09.11.2010 17:08:07 changed: 29.01.2014 14:03:48 |