3rd Route: Through the Forests of the World
- 1:47 h
- 5.50 km
- 190 m
- 190 m
- 215 m
- 342 m
- 127 m
- Start: Roßmäßler Building Tharandt, Campus of TU Dresden Department of Forestry Sciences
- Destination: Roßmäßler Building Tharandt, Campus of TU Dresden Department of Forestry Sciences
The Tharandt Forest Botanical Garden was established in 1811 as the oldest of its kind worldwide in a part of the Tharandt landscape beautified since 1797, together with the world's second-oldest forestry university, which Heinrich Cotta relocated here and is now part of TU Dresden. Visit the oldest teaching building of the university in the green, the today’s state arboretum which was expanded several times, up to the recently created North American quarters in ForstPARK®.
Waypoints
Start
Good to know
Pavements
- Unknown (1%)Street (3%)Asphalt (2%)Gravel (33%)Trail (10%)Path (51%)
Best to visit
- suitableDepends on weather
Directions
- From the Roßmäßler Building in Tharandt, first follow Pienner Street and then ascend the 13 turns to the entrance of the Forest Botanical Garden on Cotta Street.
Tour information
Cultural Interesting
Loop Road
Equipment
- Sturdy footwear recommended.
Directions & Parking facilities
- Getting thereA4 motorway to Wilsdruff exit, then follow signs to TharandtParkingParking at the market (Am Markt), Naturmarkt (Pienner Street/Dresdner Street), P+R at the station and Forstcampus TU Dresden (access from Dresdner Street to the gatehouse) as well as at Roßmäßler Street and at the primary school (Wilsdruffer Street)Public transportationS-Bahn S3 Dresden-Tharandt-Freiberg, Regional Train RB30 Dresden-Zwickau or Regional Express RE3 Dresden-Hof to P+R Tharandt station (Freital VVO tariff zone)
Additional information
- This is a guided hike with a paid tour through the Forest Botanical Garden/ForstPARK®.
Author
Dresden Elbland Redaktion
Organization
Dresden Elbland
Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author
- Forest Garden Shop with snacks at the Schweizerhaus Museum (free admission)
- Forest Park Shop with snacks at ForstPARK®.
Safety guidelines
- Some paths in the Forest Botanical Garden are steep and narrow.
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