Picture oak (Burglahr)

Picture oak in July 2019

The picture oak is a centuries-old oak (Quercus sp.) In the Westerwald near Burglahr in the Altenkirchen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, which has been designated a natural monument .

description

Picture oak with portrait house on the trunk

The picture oak Burglahr is registered as a natural monument in the list of natural monuments in Burglahr . A small seat for a break in the middle of the forest, where many hiking trails branch out.

Marian figure made of plaster (damaged)

The little picture house is getting old (2019) and urgently needs a restoration (most recently probably 2000). Nevertheless, due to its special location and the graceful appearance, it is always a starting point for Westerwald hikers between the surrounding small villages in the extensive Westerwald, located in the state forest of Burglahr / Peterslahr / Obersteinebach .

WesterwaldSteig as the main route and Kölner Weg as a secondary route

Marking of the hiking trails for orientation: WesterwaldSteig / Kölner-Weg

About 2 km the distance via hiking trails to the intersection in the middle of Burglahr Kur-Kölner-Strasse / Wiedtalstrasse, near the bridge over the Wied, which is narrow there .

legend

Information board next to the oak

This location is shrouded in legend around a knight maiden from days long gone. The story of this can be read on the sign next to it: The fair girl is the daughter of the knight from Lahr, so the story goes, and her centuries-long life story is reminiscent of the fairy tale about the frog king , but here in the shape of a toad . The ban has remained unsolved since then.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rolf Schmidt-Markoski: The ravages of time gnaw at the picture house and the legendary oak. AK-Kurier, in: MVV Medienverlag Westerwald-Sieg UG & Co. KG, December 27, 2017, accessed on July 10, 2019 . 

Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 18.9 ″  N , 7 ° 29 ′ 37.2 ″  E