History of the Institute

1820 Appointment of H. G. L. Reichenbach (1793-1879) from Leipzig as Professor of Natural History at the Surgical-Medical Academy and Inspector of the Royal Natural History Cabinet. Head of the Botanical Garden.

1879 O. Drude (1852-1933) was appointed Professor of Botany at the Dresden Polytechnic Institution and foundation of the 1st Botanical Institute near the main train station.

1893 Opening of today's Botanical Garden at Stübelallee

1924 Appointment of F. Tobler (1879-1957) as Professor of Botany at the TH Dresden, expert for natural fibre research

1945 Destruction of the Botanical Institute

1945 Reconstruction of a botany training in temporary facilities in the TU Dresden campus area

1951 Appointment of H. Ulbricht (1909-1989) as Professor of Botany

1952 Inauguration of the Drude Building as 2nd Botanical Institute

1968 3rd University reform of the GDR with closure of the Institute of Botany

1990 Recommendation of the Saxon University Commission to the Saxon Minister of State for Science and Art on the reconstruction of biology and institutes required for this.

1992 Appointment of W. Hempel (1936-2012) as Professor of Botany ('Allgemeine Botanik')(until 2002)

1993 Appointment of M. Tesche (1934-2013) as Professor of Botany ('Spezielle Botanik')(until 1999)

1994 First matriculation of students in the field of biology

1999 Appointment of J. Ludwig-Müller as Professor of Plant Physiology

2002 Appointment of C. Neinhuis as Professor of Botany

2003 Appointment of T. Schmidt as Professor of Plant Cell and Molecular Biology