Palmengarten
Sign in to saveThe Palmengarten is one of two botanical gardens in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is located in the Westend-Süd district. It covers a surface of 22 hectares. It is a major tourist attraction.
Key facts
- Park.name
- Palmengarten
- Park.native_name
- Palmengarten
- Park.native_name_lang
- deu
- Park.photo
- Eingang_Palmengarten_Frankfurt.JPG
- Park.photo_caption
- Main entrance at Siesmayerstraße
- Park.location
- Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
- Park.map_image
- FFM Palmengarten-Karte 1887.jpg
- Park.map_caption
- Detail of a town map created in 1887
- Park.type
- Botanical garden
- Park.mapframe zoom
- 14
- Park.founder
- Siesmayers Actiengesellschaft
- Park.designer
- Heinrich Siesmayer
- Park.etymology
- German word for "palm garden"
- Park.owner
- Frankfurt
- Park.visitation_num
- 596,934
- Park.visitation_year
- 2015
- Park.open
- February–October: 9 am–6 pmNovember–January: 9 am–4 pm
- Park.status
- open
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Collection
- The Rose garden
- Palmenhaus
- Rhododendrongarten
- The rockery
- Heather garden
- Bush garden
- The flower house
- The alpine house
- Steppe meadow
- The subantarctic house
- The Tropicarium
- Cactus garden
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Palmengarten is one of two botanical gardens in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is located in the Westend-Süd district. It covers a surface of 22 hectares. It is a major tourist attraction.
== History == thumb|left|Frankfurt Palm Garden in cica 1890–1900 thumb|left|Bond of the Palmengarten-Gesellschaft, issued 1 July 1898