Uniform trees

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Uniform trees in Bonn

The unit trees (also tree monument for German unity or three trees for Germany's unity ) are a beech , a pine and an oak , which are planted in the form of an equilateral triangle with a side length of ten meters. The beech represents the west, the pine the east and the oak the reunified Germany . Sometimes a fourth tree is added, mostly a linden tree , which represents Europe . In this version, the tree monument should have the shape of a trapezoid . The growing and flourishing of the trees is to document the development of Germany and the growing together of the crowns the growing together of the now united Germany. On August 18, 2018, this monument was also planted in the city of Mende in France with the designation "Friendship Monument", here 2 maple trees were planted for Germany and France as well as a birch for the Franco-German peace treaty concluded on January 22, 1963.

idea

The idea for the standardized trees was presented by Werner Erhardt in 2012 during a future dialogue with Chancellor Angela Merkel . This then took over the patronage of the project and planted one of the standardized trees on October 30, 2014 in Bonn . Erhardt joined the Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald e. V. SDW, which is very committed to these monuments.

Locations

So far there are already 270 locations across Germany. For example, there are uniform trees in the following cities:

Web links

Commons : uniform trees  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Information future dialogue "Tree Monument for German Unity" ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dialog-ueber-deutschland.de
  2. Bonner Generalanzeiger: "Merkel plants" standard tree "in Bonn"
  3. Bonnaparte: "Merkel plants a single tree in Bonn" ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bonnaparte.de
  4. SDW: Three Trees for Germany's Unity - A Memorial for Reunification