Flora und Botanischer Garten Köln
Flora und Botanischer Garten Köln, Botanical garden in Riehl, Cologne, Germany.
The garden stretches across 5.5 hectares, featuring 12,000 plant species from worldwide regions in outdoor spaces and greenhouses with diverse garden styles.
The Flora garden opened in 1864 following designs by Peter Joseph Lenné, with 4,000 members of Cologne society arriving by carriages and steamboats.
The garden combines a historical monument with educational facilities, presenting plant collections that demonstrate their roles in nutrition, technology, and medicine.
Visitors can access the garden free of charge year-round, explore themed areas like the iris garden, and rest at the garden café Dank Augusta.
The garden maintains a collection of 500 camellias representing 400 species, including rare Japanese varieties, some specimens reaching over 100 years old.
Location: Riehl
Inception: 1864
Website: https://stadt-koeln.de/artikel/20040
GPS coordinates: 50.95919,6.97208
Latest update: May 14, 2025 19:26
This collection brings together monuments, museums, neighborhoods and tourist attractions considered essential in Cologne, the fourth largest city in Germany. From the gothic cathedral to historic districts, art museums and cultural sites, this selection presents real points of interest that form the architectural, cultural and tourist heritage of this centuries-old Rhine city.
Cologne Zoological Garden
130 m
Colonia-Haus
746 m
Cologne Cable Car
565 m
Fort X
777 m
St. Agnes
1.1 km
Bastei
1.1 km
Zoobrücke
566 m
Cologne sewerage system
1.1 km
Rosengarten der Stadt Köln
757 m
Lentpark
501 m
St. Engelbert
720 m
Skulpturenpark Köln
388 m
Eis-und Schwimmstadion
501 m
Oberlandesgericht Köln
845 m
Riehler Heimstätten
966 m
St. Hildegard in der Au
541 m
Landesarbeitsgericht Köln
816 m
Thomaskirche
679 m
Stolperstein dedicated to Hilde Domin
1.1 km
An der Schanz 1a
700 m
Stephanuskirche
958 m
Landschaftsschutzgebiet Rhein, Rheinauen und Uferbereiche von Flittard bis Rodenkirchen
1.1 km
Kölner Kugel
316 m
St Anne's Church
1 km
Baugruppe Stadtteilchen, Auf dem Stahlseil 6, Köln-Nippes
1 km
Halle 17
1 km
Cologne Zoo Aquarium
109 m
Asklepios
1.1 kmReviews
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