After the end of World War II several new universities were established in Slovakia, including the University of Agricultural and Forest Engineering in Košice. Subsequently, in 1950 the largest botanical garden in Slovakia was founded, with an area of more than 30 hectares. Although the university later moved to another city, the botanical garden continued to operate in Košice and in 1964 it was taken over by the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University (UPJŠ). Today the 70-year-old botanical garden is a scientific and teaching centre for UPJŠ that educates students from the Faculty of Science as well as pupils from primary and...