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MERSEBURG 
ALPENGARTEN ZOESCHEN (FORMERLY NATIONAL ARBORETUM ) 
Zoeschen bei Merseburg, Sachsen 
Established: 1896. Area: 1.5 hectares. 
Director: Dr. Georg Dieck (1934). 
Serves as a public park. Open free, daily. Admission on ap- 
plication. Library: Small. H erbarium: Cryptogams, about 2 2500; 
fare eac about 4000. Plantations: Geographic, arboretum, 
fruticetum. Publication: Bog and alpine plants. 1900. Living 
pace supplied to local schools when requested. 
MUNICH (MUNCHEN) 
BoTANISCHER GARTEN 
Karlstrasse 29 (Nymphenburg ) 
Established: 1st, 1809; 2nd, 1909. Area: 18,706 ha. (== 55 Tag- 
werk). 
Directors: 
Franz Paula von Schrank (1812-1832) 
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1832-1854) 
Interregnum? (1855-1856 
Carl Wilhelm von Nageli (1857-1891) 
Karl Immanuel Eberhard von Goebel (1891-1930) 
Fritz von Wettstein (1931-1934 
Friedrich Carl von Faber (1934— ) 
Note: This Garden was completely Sa 
under the direction of Goebel. Publication: Seed L 
Plantations: I. Horticultural Section ee Tr. Eco- 
logical Groups, including Ecological division, Alpine plants, Heath, 
Moor, Dune, Pond, Fern-ravine with R ododendrons, Plant ge- 
ography of Bayern; III. 
IV. Systematic ; Meee Note: The Munich Garden 1s 
younger than most other German botanic gardens. This, says 
Goebel (Fuhrer durch die Freilandanlagen des Bot. Garten. in 
Munchen. is associated with the fact that it was not until 
the 19th century that Munich became the seat of the Bayerischer 
Akademie der Wissenschaften (1807) and later (1826) of the 
University. From the first the Botanic Garden was an activity 
the Academy of Sciences. The first aia (Koniglicher 
Botanischen Garten) had an area of 5.1 == 15 Tagwerk). 
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