Kattholzeichen
The Kattholzeichen is a solitary and natural monument in the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein . The common oak ( Quercus pedunculata ) is located in the municipality of Belau on the Perdöl estate east of Wankendorf . The age of the pedunculate oak is 320 to 450 years, the trunk circumference (measured at a height of 1 m) 12.8 m.
The tree is already mentioned in the forest botanical book of 1906, where it is also shown. The oak formed a base through large outgrowths of the trunk. Above these outgrowths it had a circumference of 5.80 meters at a height of 1.45 meters and 8.70 meters at a height of one meter. At that time the trunk was 6 m high up to the first larger branch; the summit height was around 12 m with partly dry branches and a small crown. Also in trees and forests of Schleswig-Holstein: The tree was described as a contribution to the natural and cultural history of the province from the same year.
literature
- Helmut Schreier, Hans-Helmut Poppendieck: Baumland: Portraits of old and new trees in the north. 2005, p. 234.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b District of Plön: Natural monuments in the district of Plön ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 15, 2011
- ↑ Forest botanical memorandum: Evidence of the noteworthy and protected primeval bushes, trees and stocks in the Kingdom of Prussia. , published at the instigation of the Minister for Agriculture, Domains and Forests, Volume 4: Province Schleswig-Holstein, Berlin: Brontaeger 1906, p. 84 and Fig. 20
Coordinates: 54 ° 6 ′ 50.7 ″ N , 10 ° 14 ′ 26.3 ″ E