Israelsdorf oak
The Israelsdorfer Eiche was a natural monument on Gothmunder Weg in the Lübeck district of Israelsdorf .
history
The oak was considered the oldest tree in what was then Lübeck's national territory and served as a popular motif for painters and photographers. It was first photographed in 1868. The oldest literary mention can be found in Eduard Bruhns' “Guide through Lübeck and the surrounding area” from 1874. Since it was 6.70 m in chest height at that time, it must have been around 550 years old at the time.
With the aim of preserving the tree, branches protruding over a path were removed and the sore spots were not protected from the humidity. As a result, the oak became increasingly rotten. In 1907 lightning struck the tree. To stabilize the tree stump had to be filled with cement and bricks in the years to come.
As it was feared, based on experience with several severe hurricanes , that the oak might fall on the smokehouse behind it , it was felled on August 8, 1932 by the Lübeck fire brigade on the decision of the building authorities and the monument council .
- Israelsdorf oak
around 1867
around 1892
around 1905
After a lightning strike in 1907
1920, drawing by Heino Jaede
The Karlshof -Israelsdorf base of the NSDAP chose this historic site to plant a young oak tree in honor of the People's Chancellor Adolf Hitler . The artistic framing of the site was created by building director Hans Pieper
March of the SA at the consecration site
the provisional state school board during his address
The consecration took place on May 20, 1933 with great sympathy . After the march of the SA from the local Kurhaus to the consecration site, the base leader and provisional state school councilor Hans Wolff gave the address . After singing patriotic songs, the SA moved back to the Kurhaus where the standard band 162 gave a concert . The oak was illuminated by a spotlight in the evening .
Trivia
In Murnau's Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror , a protagonist drives past the Israelsdorf oak after about an hour of playing .
literature
- The old oak in Israelsdorf In: Vaterstädtische Blätter . Lübeck, April 14, 1907.
- Conrad Neckels: Israelsdorfer pictures by Karl Gatermann . In: Father-city sheets. No. 11, Lübeck 1920, with 3 ills.
- The end of the Israelsdorf old oak. In: Father-city sheets. ; Lübeck, August 22, 1932.
- The Hitler Oak in Israelsdorf. In: Father-city sheets. Year 1932/33, No. 18, May 27, 1933, pp. 70–71.
