Academic Forest Garden
The Academic Forest Garden on Schiffenberg was founded in 1825 as an independent institute for forestry teaching. It is regarded as the teaching and experimental garden of the oldest university forestry institute in the world. Although a very special gem, this special garden was almost forgotten.
Contact
Wettenberg forestry office of Hessenforst (on the 'Giessener Land' page of the district of Giessen)
Literature: Volker Wissemann / Stefanie Schmiedel / Indra Starke-Ottich / Christina M. Müller, Der Akademische Forstgarten Gießen 1825-2025 (2025) (German only)