Palmengarten

Palmengarten
Palmengarten
Main entrance at Siesmayerstraße
Detail of a town map created in 1887
Location	Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Coordinates	50°7′25″N 8°39′20″E
Area	22 ha (54 acres)
Opened	March 16, 1871 (1871-03-16)
Founder	Siesmayers Actiengesellschaft
Designer	Heinrich Siesmayer
Etymology	German word for ″palm garden″
Owned by	Frankfurt
Visitors	596,934 (in 2015)
Open	February-October: 9 am–6 pm November-January: 9 am–4 pm
Status	open
Parking	underground car park
Public transit access	Bockenheimer Warte (Underground, tramway & Bus), Westend (Underground & Bus), Palmengartenstraße (Bus)
Website	www.palmengarten.de

Frankfurt Palm Garden in ca. 1890-1900

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Palmengarten (2004)

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.

Like many public sites in Frankfurt, it was privately financed and implemented by the architect Heinrich Siesmayer. Work was completed in 1871 and opened to the public. One colorful visit was from the American entertainer Buffalo Bill who brought his Western show in 1890. In 1931, it was taken over by the city of Frankfurt but was later transferred to the American occupation authorities after World War II. When the Palmengarten was returned to the city's hands in the sixties, a major reconstruction effort was begun. Halls destroyed in the war were redeveloped and expanded. In 1992 the reconstruction finished completely and the Palmengarten shined in its new form.

Directly next to the area of the Palmengarten is the Frankfurt Botanical Garden, which belongs to the biology department of Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.

The botanical exhibits are organized according to their origin in free-air or climatized greenhouses, which also contain numerous tropical and subtropical plants.

See also

• Botanischer Garten der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
• List of botanical gardens in Germany