Ivenack oaks

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Ivenack oaks

The Ivenack oak is a park in the Mecklenburg Lake District in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The Ivenack oaks are forest area of ​​the year 2020 .

location

The area in the Mecklenburg community of Ivenack near Stavenhagen has become known for its ancient oaks. The enclosure has an entrance in each direction . Three of them are handicapped accessible. There are 10 km of hiking trails in the park. It is located a little west of Ivenack on the road to Basepohl , northwest of Lake Ivenack . It borders on Ivenack Castle and was originally the associated castle park . The zoo is part of the FFH area Ivenacker Tiergarten, Stavenhagener Stadtholz and the surrounding area .

history

1000 years ago this area was used by Slavs as forest pasture (Hude). Around 1300 the cattle of the Ivenack Cistercian convent were driven into the forest. In 1710 the area was fenced off; this is how the zoo came into being. Fallow deer , which at that time was not native to Central Europe, were released for hunting . In 1806 the oak trunks were so large that the Ivenackers are said to have hidden the valuable breeding stallion Herodotus in a hollow oak trunk from the French. But his neighing gave him away, and the stallion was confiscated. During the beginning of the global economic crisis , the enclosure was closed in 1929. In 1972 today's enclosure was built with an area of ​​around 75  hectares , a smaller area than before.

Again fallow deer are kept and recently also woolly pigs .

description

GDR postage stamp "Ivenacker Eichen"

The Ivenack pedunculate oaks , also called thousand-year-old oaks , are among the oldest in Europe . They should be 500 to almost 1000 years old. The mightiest of the Ivenack oaks has a trunk circumference at chest height of over eleven meters and a height of 35.5 meters. The wood mass is given as 180  solid meters . This makes it Germany's strongest oak that is still alive. This oak is amazingly healthy, the trunk undamaged and the crown still full. The other old oaks have trunk circumferences of seven to nine meters. In 1996 the state of health of the Ivenack oaks was assessed and attempts were made to determine their age by measuring the annual rings with an increment borer . However, because they are all hollow, this was not possible. The estimated age of the five oldest oaks in 1996 was between 565 and 826 years, a little less than had previously been assumed. This makes them one of the oldest oak trees living in Germany. Some of the oaks are on a special brand of Deutsche Post displayed. The German Post Office of the GDR also issued a natural monuments stamp - "Ivenacker Eichen" near Stavenhagen .

In 1996, the forest pathologist Ratburg Blank removed three drill chips at chest height from the strongest oak. The diameter of the trunk at chest height is 3.32 meters, which corresponds to a trunk circumference of 10.43 meters, in each case without bark . The increase in circumference between 1804 and 1996 averaged 1.16 centimeters per year. Assuming that the oak would always have grown so slowly, it would be nearly 900 years old today. The German Tree Archives give the oak a maximum age of 800 years.

In August 2016 the Ivenack oaks were named as the first national natural monument in Germany.

There is also a population of European beech and Japanese larch .

Tell about the origin of the oaks

Not all nuns are said to have been happy behind the walls of the Ivenack Cistercian convent . Seven of them therefore made a pact with the devil . He promised to organize their escape. However, he made one condition: the nuns were not allowed to turn around as far as Stavenhagen. But their curiosity won out: they looked back and instantly turned into oaks.

Another legend tells that the seven nuns were surprised by robbers in their sleep and fled half-naked into the forest. The next morning they were ashamed of their sinful sight and they asked the Lord God to protect them right away in the trees in the forest. The request was granted; they were turned into oaks.

A legend tells of the strongest oak that it was planted by a young nun who, although she was already engaged, was sent to the monastery by her relatives against her will. Her grief was great, as she had to leave her beloved fiancé in order to live her life in celibacy . It is not known whether the fiancé was the reason for the family's decision . The only memento the nun left was her engagement ring . She is said to have placed this around the small tree when the oak was planted so that it would help the tree grow and hold it. Since then, the ring has participated in the growth of the oak and still encloses the trunk, even if it is not visible to the human eye.

Further sights on the premises

Memorial stones on the "Lischen grave"

On the site there is a baroque pavilion , a meadow with orchards with old apple , pear and plum varieties and the Lischen grave , a hill with two memorial stones from the 18th century for Anna Elisabeth Gilo, who died as a young woman, lover of Hellmuth Burchhart Hartwig Freiherr von Maltzahn Graf von Plessen from Ivenack. On August 30, 2017, a 620 meter long and between 18 and 21 meter high, barrier-free treetop path was opened.

See also

Web links

Commons : Ivenacker Eichen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Forest area of ​​the year 2020 - The Ivenack oaks. Press release from September 27, 2019.
  2. Standard data sheet FFH area Ivenacker Tiergarten, Stavenhagener Stadtholz and the surrounding area (PDF; 51 kB)
  3. Bernd Ullrich, Stefan Kühn, Uwe Kühn: Our 500 oldest trees: Exclusively from the German Tree Archives . BLV Buchverlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8354-0376-5 , p. 14 .
  4. Bernd Ullrich, Stefan Kühn, Uwe Kühn: Our 500 oldest trees: Exclusively from the German Tree Archives . BLV Buchverlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8354-0376-5 , p. 40 .
  5. Ivenacker oaks are the first national natural monument in Germany , BMUB, August 4, 2016
  6. Legends about the origin of the Ivenack oaks , last seen on April 18, 2017 as well as information boards on the grounds of the Ivenack oaks. There are apparently several different versions of the sagas.
  7. Popular destination: Treetop path experiences a rush of visitors | Nordkurier.de . September 6, 2017 ( nordkurier.de [accessed October 4, 2017]).
  8. Nordkurier.tv - August 31, 2017: Video: Treetop path opened in Ivenack | Nordkurier.de . August 31, 2017 ( nordkurier.de [accessed October 4, 2017]).

Coordinates: 53 ° 42 ′ 57.46 "  N , 12 ° 57 ′ 5.35"  E