Tree hazel at the Herdentor

The tree hazel at Herdentor in Bremen in 2013. The stone house vase to the right is protected from winter weather by a wooden crate.

The tree hazel at Herdentor is an important single tree in the ramparts in Bremen , between Herdentorsteinweg and Am Wall .

history

The tree hazel ( Corylus colurna ) was planted around 1802 - immediately for the redesign of the old Bremen city fortifications into a park in the style of an English landscape garden by Christian Ludwig Bosse and Isaak Altmann . This makes it the oldest tree in the ramparts and is also known as the "great old lady of the ramparts". In addition to the Horner linden tree , it is also one of the oldest trees in the city.

The stone house vase has stood in the immediate vicinity of the tree hazel at Herdentor since 1856 .

The tree survived World War II without damage. It also withstood a windpipe in 1993, which caused considerable damage to the ramparts. For some years now, however, the tree has been weakened by a fungal attack and is slowly leaning to one side under the weight of its sweeping branches. In 2005 steel ropes were therefore initially attached. In addition, massive steel struts were erected in 2010 to support the tree hazel.

Since 2009, Stadtgrün Bremen (today Umweltbetrieb Bremen ) and the SWB have been granting an annual tree sponsorship to citizens who should have a particular eye on the historic tree.

The tree

The tree hazel, also called Turkish hazel , is native to Southeast Europe and Asia Minor . The Bremen tree hazel has a trunk circumference of around 3.80 meters and a height of around 12 meters. It is the fifth largest of its kind in Germany. Their dimensions, their gnarled trunk and their magnificent crown make them a special eye-catcher in the park.

See also

• Horner Linden
• List of prominent and old tree specimens

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Burcu Arslan: The oldest tree of the ramparts gets steel crutches. (PDF; 923 kB) Weser-Kurier, September 7, 2010, accessed on March 12, 2013 .  
2. ^ JE: A family for the "old lady" of the ramparts. Nordwest Zeitung, March 24, 2009, accessed March 12, 2013 .  
3. ^ Tree hazel ramparts. Monumental trees, accessed July 5, 2012 .  
4. ↑ Lisa Boekhoff: He knows every tree on the wall. Weser-Kurier, August 9, 2012, accessed on March 12, 2013 .  

Web links

• Tree hazel ramparts . Entry on Monumental Trees (monumentaltrees.com).
• Old trees in the ramparts . Report from September 13, 2012 at Buten un Binnen.

Coordinates: 53 ° 4 ′ 43.6 "  N , 8 ° 48 ′ 36.3"  E