Tree control

Sequence in the fulfillment of the due diligence obligations of the owner of a tree and documentation in the tree register

The tree inspection (also regular inspection) is a visual inspection of trees in the sense of the traffic safety obligation . Trees are regularly examined by systematic inspection (without technical aids) for traffic- endangering damage to roots, trunk and crown, often using the VTA method . Certain pathogens, severe defects and statically relevant damage can be hazardous to traffic and must be verified by a detailed examination in case of doubt.

If the inspector recognizes a danger, he can recommend tree care measures. This often includes: removing dead wood , attaching crown safety systems , possibly also shortening the crown or felling the tree, if other measures are not sensible or not justifiable. The tree control in the public green is carried out regularly by the green area offices of the municipalities, the road maintenance authorities or external and specially trained tree inspectors.

In Germany, the state of the art is presented in the FLL's 2010 Tree Control Directive .

See also

• Tree cadastre
• Tree protection statute

literature

• Claus Mattheck , Hans-Joachim Hötzel : Tree control with VTA. Professional guidance and legal protection. Rombach, Freiburg im Breisgau 2003, ISBN 3-79309153-8 or ISBN 978-3-79309153-0 .
• Hans-Joachim Hötzel: Culpable violations of the traffic safety obligation for trees - more legal security through the use of the Visual Tree Assessment (VTA) as a newly developed method of tree control. Agricultural law 3/1996, p. 77 f.
• Hans-Joachim Hötzel: Tree control to fulfill the traffic safety obligation. VTA - state of the art, NJW 1997, p. 1757.
• Hans-Joachim Hötzel: Who is liable for errors in a set of rules? DEGA 35/2006.
• Dirk Dujesiefken, Petra Kockerbeck: Yearbook of tree care. Thalacker-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-8781-5205-1 .
• FLL : Guideline for checking the traffic safety of trees. 2010, ISBN 978-3-940122-23-0 .

Web links

• Leaflet Visual Tree Control - Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz NRW
• RWA traffic safety / tree controls - Research Society for Landscape Development Landscaping (FLL)
• Tree inspection on federal waterways - Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (PDF; 313 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oliver Wittek: New judgments on the traffic safety obligation for trees. The VTA method in current case law. In: Arboristics - Law. Arboristik.de, May 9, 2017, accessed January 1, 2019 . 
2. ↑ PDF archive - 35-2006 , DEGA GaLaBau, issue 35. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2006, p. 10.