Flowering oak in Ratekau
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 The blue oak in the coat of arms of the municipality of Ratekau
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| place | Ratekau | ||
| Federal Republic | Germany | ||
| Tree species | Oak | ||
| Geographical location | 53 ° 56 '7.8 " N , 10 ° 43' 15.6" E | ||
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| Status natural monument | Yes | ||
As Blucher Oak 1998 dead - - one is English oak in / near Ratekau (at the national road 309) in Schleswig-Holstein designated as Natural Monument is protected.
Under the oak, the Prussian General Field Marshal Blücher and the French Marshal Bernadotte (later King of Sweden) met after the signing of the surrender document (see Battle of Lübeck ) in the Ratekau pastorate on November 7, 1806. There the Prussian soldiers marched past the French troops, laid down their weapons and went into captivity.
Remember the event
- a memorial stone placed on the oak tree by a Schwartau citizen in 1856 with the inscription “Blücher 6./7. November 1806 ".
- a memorial stone erected in the 1970s showing the dates of life (1742–1819) and a relief of Field Marshal Blücher .
A new oak has been planted next to the dead oak. The blue oak can be found in the coat of arms of the community of Ratekau .
- The blue oak
The (dead) flowery oak (with memorial stone) near Ratekau - on the left the new planting
Memorial stone on the Blüchiche (from 1856)
Memorial stone on the Blüchiche (from the 1970s)
The flowery oak (in summer)
literature
- Ratekau rich in flowers . In: Dietmar Krieger, Regina Haase-Ziesemer: Natural monuments in the Ostholstein district . Published by the Ostholstein District, Nature Conservation Service. Eutin 2013, p. 47 (on the history of the oak, including the dates of its death and protection as a natural monument) online (PDF; 5.9 MB)
- Harald Gerhardt: The community Ratekau (series archive pictures ). Sutton, Erfurt 2004, ISBN 3-89702-776-3 .
Footnotes
- ↑ Dietmar Krieger, Regina Haase-Ziesemer: Natural monuments in the Ostholstein district . Eutin 2013, pp. 7 and 47