Mainau Island Arboretum
The arboretum of Mainau Island extends largely south of the castle on the Mainau plateau in Lake Constance .
It was founded by Grand Duke Friedrich I , whose special preference was for rare trees from all over the world. Shortly after the purchase of Mainau in 1853, exotic trees came to the island in Lake Constance. The ranges were constantly enriched and maintained in the following decades. Today the Mainau tree collection includes more than 500 different species of deciduous and coniferous trees. Among them is one of the “oldest” primeval sequoias ( Metasequoia glyptostroboides ) in Germany. The tree, which comes from China, was planted in 1952 as a 70 centimeter sapling in the bank garden. Some examples of the giant sequoia ( Sequoiadendron giganteum ) are particularly huge . The seeds of these trees came from California in 1853, and in 1864 Frederick I had numerous trees planted on the Mainau. This makes them one of the oldest of their kind in Europe. In addition to the huge sequoia trees, there are precious cedars , metasequoias and tulip trees . The trees are identified with their German and scientific names and their botanical homeland.
literature
- Judith Pfindel, Heinz-Dieter Meier: The flora of the Mainau. A botanical guide to the island's parks and gardens . Hampp, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-936682-38-0 .
- Tourist office Mainau (ed.): Paths across the Mainau. The flower island of Mainau in Lake Constance . Mainau 2003 (island guide).
Individual evidence
- ^ Mainau Tourist Office (ed.): Paths across the Mainau. The flower island of Mainau in Lake Constance . Mainau 2003 (island guide).
- ^ Josef Siebler: Sequoia cut . In: Südkurier of February 13, 2008
- ^ Richard Pott : Biotope Types . Ulmer, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8001-3484-5 , p. 363
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Coordinates: 47 ° 42 ′ 18 ″ N , 9 ° 11 ′ 50 ″ E