Alpengarten Patscherkofel is a garden perched on Mt Patscherkofel, which is about 2248 meters high. Accessible from different parts of Austria due to its strategic location, Alpengarten Patscherkofel of Innsbruck houses a rare collection of plants. Tourists can find alpine tundra, timberline forests and elfin wood around the garden. Alpengarten Patscherkofel is easily accessible as it is located near Patscherkofel cable car's top station.
Some of the plants that are found in Alpengarten Patscherkofel are:
- Pyrenean Columbine
- Alpine Thrift
- Genipi's Wormwood
- Alpine Rock Cress
- Glacial Wormwood
- Mountain Arnica
- Noble Wormwood
- Green Alder
- Wulfen's Alyssum
- Narcissus Flowered Windflower
- Big Wasterwort
- Alpine Aster
- Dwarf Yarrow
- Musk Yarrow
- Spiked Bellflower
- Curved Sedge
- Alpine Clematis
- Hawksbeard
- Glacial Pink
- Peacock Pink
Alpengarten Patscherkofel of Innsbruck was created in 1930 out of a plot which was donated by Innsbruck and the country of Tyrol to the University. The area was opened for the public in 1935. Professor Adolf Sperlich is known to have inaugurated the erstwhile garden. However, the garden was deserted when its cultivator Viktor Holzmann left the garden at the time of the Second World War. It was in 1946 that the garden was reconstructed by Walther Buttner. The garden is being recultivated, since 1992, under the guidance of the Botanical Garden. A laboratory was built in the garden on 15th September, 1994. In this same year, a new trail was opened for the public.
Alpengarten Patscherkofel at Innsbruck remains open throughout the week from June to September. The opening hours of this Innsbruck attraction is from 0900 hours to 1700 hours. It is noteworthy that Mt Patscherkofel is a protected area. Therefore, collecting plants in this area is restricted. Furthermore, many plants growing in this area are poisonous. As a result, the tourists are advised not to touch the plants growing in this region.
