Brocken Garden

It lies within the Harz National Park near Wernigerode in the state of Saxony-Anhalt and has a stock of around 1,600 types of plant.

But it was not until 1890 that the Brocken Garden was established by Albert Peter with the permission of Prince Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode on the royal estate.

The purpose of the experimental garden was to research the adaptability of alpine plants to the conditions of a new habitat.

Due to its northerly and exposed location the summit of the Brocken (1,141 m) equated climatically to heights of about 1,700 to 1,900 m in the Swiss Alps.

When the Brocken was declared an out-of-bounds area the botanical garten was closed to the public in 1961 and lost its importance.

Brocken summit
Albert Peter
Location of the Brocken Garden on the summit of the mountain