Arborétum Kysihýbeľ

Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia, Slovakia

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Arborétum Kysihýbeľ near Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia, was established in 1900 by Ján Tužoň, a teacher at the local Mining and Forestry Academy, as an experimental forestry arboretum covering around 7.7 hectares.

It is also known as Feistmantel’s Garden and specializes in rapidly growing exotic wood species, mainly from Northern America and the Northern Hemisphere. The arboretum serves primarily as an educational and research site where students and scientists study how these exotic species acclimate to Central European conditions.

It was designated a protected area in 1950 and is valued for its unique collection of about 282 tree species, some of which are especially rare and culturally significant. Although it is currently closed to the public, the arboretum remains an important site for forestry research and education, blending scientific knowledge with natural heritage in the historic mining region of Banská Štiavnica.​