10:00 - 17:00
Hildegarten am Museum am Strom
Museumsstr. 3, 55411 Bingen
The Hildegarden complements the Hildegard exhibition at the Museum am Strom with plants from the "Physica." Herbs, shrubs, and trees provide insights into Hildegard's natural science and the transmission of her medical writings.
In addition to the Hildegard exhibition at the Museum am Strom, the garden displays numerous plants from the natural history ("Physica") of Hildegard of Bingen. In this collection, the Benedictine nun described nearly 300 herbs, shrubs, and trees along with their (healing) effects on humans. In the small garden, a problem is addressed at the "source fountain" that many popular writings on "Hildegard medicine" overlook: the "Physica" has only been preserved in late medieval copies, which is why no one knows the "original text" of Hildegard.


