Byttna
The Byttna (also Bythna or Byttnahain ) is an area with the remains of an old grove of pedunculate oaks on the northern edge of the Spreewald southeast of Straupitz .
In Byttna, which is part of the Spreewald Biosphere Reserve , there are still around 40 very old oaks or their remains. The oaks represent the rest of a Hudewald forest . A hiking trail leads through the area along particularly large oaks. The best-known oaks of the Byttna are the dead Florentine oak , Weidmannsrast , Christoph Heinrich oak , Kaiser Wilhelm oak and the Bismarck oak. In the past, many of the oaks were given a name tag, which indicated members of the Straupitz ruling family Houwald . Such a sign has been preserved on the Christoph-Heinrich-Eiche.
According to a legend, the Byttna is said to have been a pre-Christian Slavic sanctuary. In the Byttna area traces of settlement remnants were found that go back to the Bronze Age . Legends also speak of underground passages to Straupitz Castle and the Straupitz Church .
literature
- Paul Rupp: The Bythna near Straupitz . In: Lübbener Heimatkalender 1992 , pp. 71–72.
- Tobias Raband and Andre Urspruch: The ancient oaks in Byttna near Straupitz / Spreewald . In: Rebirth of tree giants: propagation of valuable woody plants as an instrument of garden monument preservation and nature conservation; Documentation of an interdisciplinary conference of the Fürst-Pückler-Museum Park and Branitz Castle, Fürst-Pückler-Park Branitz in Cottbus, April 11th - 13th, 2013 . Berlin ; Brandenburg: Be.bra-Wiss.-Verl., 2014. pp. 231–242, numerous. Ill. ISBN 978-3-95410-025-5 .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 54 ′ 1 ″ N , 14 ° 8 ′ 16 ″ E