Thick fir trees

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Information board on the Thick Firs natural monument

Dicke Tannen is around 4.2  ha large areas naturdenkmal about 1.5 km south-west the Harzendorf Hohegeiß , a district of Braunlage in Lower Saxony district of Goslar . Here are the mightiest spruces in Northern Germany, over 50 m high and trunk diameters of 100 to 180 cm. Since 1989, the trees have been specially protected as a natural monument.

history

The spruces, which are up to 350 years old (also known locally as red firs) were first mentioned in forest documents at the end of the 18th century. The trees owe their long life not only to their sheltered location on the steep slopes of the narrow Wolfsbach Valley, but also to the fact that trunks of this size are hard to get at with axes and saws and the removal of the felled wood would have been too time-consuming. The area has not been used for forestry for over 200 years and therefore looks almost like a primeval forest.

While just under 120 trees were counted in 1900, 85 in 1960 and 58 in 1980, only 23 healthy and two dead trees are currently preserved. In addition to reaching the natural age limit, the changed environmental conditions may also have contributed to this.

In 2001, nine of the largest dead giants that threatened to fall on the hiking trails had to be blown down by the Technical Relief Organization because the trunk diameter and condition of the spruce made it impossible to fell them with chainsaws.

Hiking destination

An old hiking trail that runs through the core area of ​​the Dicken Tannen is now closed for safety reasons. The spruces can also be seen from the new path. Information boards point out the natural monument.

Stamp number 45 of the Harz hiking pin is located on the thick fir trees .

Individual evidence

  1. Blasting the thick fir trees in Hohegeiß (THW Clausthal-Zellerfeld), on thw-clausthal.de
  2. Harzer Wanderadel: stamp point 45 / Thick Tannen , on harzer-wandernadel.de

Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′ 24 ″  N , 10 ° 39 ′ 6 ″  E