The botanic garden Heidelberg is located at the northern waterside of the Neckar in Neuenheimer Feld, the Heidelberg campus. It is a part of the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg and a branch of the  Heidelberger COS.

 

The botanic garden Heidelberg has been founded in 1593 as "Hortus medicus" at the 200 year old Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and is the third oldest botanic garden of Germany. Over the years of its history the garden had been displaced seven times. You will find here more than 14000 different species of plants in culture. The main focus of the gardens are the green houses. Unfortunately just a small number is visitable.