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The Biiche was a tree in the Kammerforst in Merzig . It was one of the oldest trees in Saarland , its age was estimated to be over 300 years and the trunk diameter was at least 1.20 m. It was felled in 2005.
Beer oak festival
In 1956 an editor of the Saarbrücker Zeitung , Theo Plettenberg, informed the readers that a case of beer would be deposited for all walkers under the so-called "Biiche" in the clearing in the Merzig Chamber of Forest on April 1st. The April Fool's joke became a festival that is celebrated every year in the clearing in the forest - the Beer Oak Festival. The beer oak festival used to be held by the Saarfürst brewery, but now it takes place under the direction of the Brotdorfer association “Die Strammen eV”.
Individual evidence
- ^ Walter Kremp: Natural monuments and landscape protection areas in the Saarland . Ed .: Walter Kremp. 2nd Edition. tape 1 . State Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management, Ottweiler 1953, p. 202 .
- ↑ Barbara Titz, Jörg-Thomas Titz: Luxemburg, Saarland: with the eastern part of the Lorraine Nature Park , Rother hiking guide, chapter From Merziger Wolfspark to the Flower Cross , p. 115.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 29 '22 " N , 6 ° 37' 44" E