Goethe himself planted the ginkgo tree in these wonderful botanic gardens, which have grown since their inception in 1794 to a collection of more than 12,000 plants from every climatic zone on earth. Naturally, some of those need the protection of a greenhouse, of which there are five.
Botanischer Garten
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