The Koch Garden is open to the public after years of neglect. (source: Courtesy of Bratislava City Council)
After a partial revitalisation, the historic Koch Garden in Bratislava’s Old Town was re-opened to the public on April 22.
Koch Garden
Located between Partizánská and Bartoňová streets, next to the Koch Sanatorium
The entrance is from Bartoňova Street
It will be open between 14:00 and 20:00 on working days, and between 11:00 and 20:00 during weekends
Originally built between 1932 and 1935 as a garden for the patients of a nearby sanatorium, it is currently the only one of its kind in Slovakia, and is listed as a protected national monument.
The garden came under the city's ownership in mid-2022. It was in bad condition due to a lack of proper maintenance and in a need of complex renovation.
“We cleaned up the area, which had been inaccessible and unmaintained for years, added furnishings in the form of Bratislava benches, carried out safety pruning of old trees and added a security camera linked up to the metropolitan police,” the city council wrote on social media.
The city is gradually working on returning the garden to its original state while full revitalisation works, which are being prepared in cooperation with the local heritage sites authority, are planned. Further revitalisation work will continue in in the autumn when the garden will be closed to the public again.
