Brocken Garden, Botanical garden on Brocken mountain summit, Wernigerode, Germany
The Brocken Garden contains 1,600 plant species at an elevation of 1,142 meters, featuring alpine plants adapted to extreme weather conditions.
Professor Albert Peter established the garden in 1890 with permission from Prince Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode for scientific research on alpine plant adaptation.
The garden serves multiple educational purposes through academic teaching, research programs, species conservation efforts, and school education activities.
Visitors can access the garden from May to mid-October, reaching it via the Harzer Schmalspurbahn railway or designated hiking trails.
The garden experiences extreme weather conditions with an average temperature of 2.9°C and recorded wind speeds reaching 263 kilometers per hour.
Location: Wernigerode
Inception: 1890
Official opening: 1890
Address: Nationalpark Harz, Lindenallee 35, 38855
Website: http://nationalpark-harz.de/de/3_natur_erleben/brockengarten.php
GPS coordinates: 51.79833,10.61750
Latest update: March 2, 2025 22:27
Brocken
156 m
Brocken Transmitter
298 m
Brockenuhr
159 m
Wetterstation Brocken
116 m
Brockenhaus
267 m
Königsberg
1.6 km
Heinrichshöhe
1.3 km
Dreieckiger Pfahl
3.2 km
Alte Bobbahn
3 km
Eckerlochstieg
1.1 km
Zeterklippen
1.8 km
Wolkenhäuschen
223 m
Teufelskanzel (Brocken)
112 m
Heinrich-Heine-Denkmal
242 m
Kleiner Brocken
1.4 km
Renneckenberg
2.4 km
Hexenaltar
118 m
Quitschenberg
2.7 km
Hirschhorn Crags
1.8 km
Ferdinandstein
3.7 km
Kapellenklippe
3 km
Kahle Klippe
1.4 km
Königsberg quarry
2.2 km
Hermannsklippe
2.8 km
Ilsefälle
3.9 km
Hochharz
2.5 km
Nationalpark Harz
2.9 km
Hopfensäcke
3.7 kmReviews
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