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Greenhouses to visit in Germany

The Verrière atlas lists 6 greenhouses in Germany, built between 1701 and 2011.

Germany covers three centuries of glass architecture, from Kassel's baroque orangery to Frankfurt's Palmengarten and Berlin-Dahlem's Großes Tropenhaus, one of Europe's largest historic greenhouses. Its zoos later popularised the immersive indoor jungle, with Leipzig's Gondwanaland its most spectacular example.

6Greenhouses
1701Oldest — Karlsaue Orangery
2011Newest — Gondwanaland
6Cities
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All 6 greenhouses, oldest to newest

1701–1739

Karlsaue Orangery

🇩🇪 Kassel
A princely orangery that served as both a summer residence and a citrus house.
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Palmengarten, Frankfurt am Main
1869–1871

Palmengarten

🇩🇪 Frankfurt am Main
Born when Frankfurt citizens bought the Duke of Nassau's winter-garden collection.
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Großes Tropenhaus, Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden
1905–1907

Großes Tropenhaus

🇩🇪 Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden
A permanent equatorial microclimate since 1907.
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Regenwaldhaus, Krefeld Zoo, Krefeld
1998

Regenwaldhaus

🇩🇪 Krefeld Zoo, Krefeld
At Krefeld Zoo, a barrier-free tropical greenhouse where animals roam freely
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Wilhelma Amazon House, Stuttgart
1999

Wilhelma Amazon House

🇩🇪 Stuttgart
A forest path runs through a recreated Amazon rainforest where some twenty bird species fly free.
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Gondwanaland, Leipzig Zoo
2011

Gondwanaland

🇩🇪 Leipzig Zoo
Europe's largest tropical hall, where you cross the jungle by canoe in the heart of Saxony.
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