Picture oak (Hahnenkamm)

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The picture oak 2006

The picture oak is a centuries-old sessile oak in the Spessart near Alzenau in the district of Aschaffenburg in Bavaria and has been designated a natural monument .

description

The hollow trunk of the picture oak

It stands at 410  m above sea level. NHN on the summit path of the Hahnenkamm ridge , between its main summit and the Hohen Mark , directly on the boundary between Hörstein and Kälberau . On September 22nd, 1977 it was designated as a natural monument by the Aschaffenburg District Office. A picture of the Mother of God is attached to the trunk , from which the name “picture oak” is derived. The tree is completely hollowed out by multiple lightning strikes. Because of this, the oak slowly dies.

The picture oak 2015

As early as the 1970s, half of the crown was without leaves. In 2004 she only had a leafy branch less than three meters high. The last part of the treetop broke off after a storm in spring 2011 and only the dead main trunk with a few stumps remained. The trunk of the picture oak is not removed, but should gradually rot. The nature conservation advisory board of the district of Aschaffenburg will remove the picture oak from the list of natural monuments of the district.

The exact age of this tree can no longer be determined due to the lack of annual rings , but it is estimated to be several hundred years. It grew at a time when the trees on the rocky subsoil of the Hahnenkamm were not as dense as they are today. The once mighty crown of the picture oak was able to unfold so perfectly.

legend

The picture of Our Lady on the picture oak

The forecast by herding a calf Auer shepherd near cows. When a thunderstorm passed, he sought shelter from the storm under a mighty oak tree, since lightning is known to strike elevated objects; and so it came about that the oak was struck by lightning. The shepherd was not harmed. In thanks for this rescue from danger, the image of the Mother of God adorns this tree.

literature

  • Our Kahlgrund 1974 . Homeland yearbook for the Alzenau district. Published by the working group for homeland research and homeland maintenance of the Alzenau district, district administrator. ISSN  0933-1328 .
  • Our Kahlgrund 2013 . Homeland yearbook for the Alzenau district. Published by the working group for homeland research and homeland maintenance of the Alzenau district, district administrator. ISSN  0933-1328 .

Web links

Commons : Bildeiche  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
  2. ↑ Information board on the picture oak

Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 55.4 "  N , 9 ° 6 ′ 53.6"  E