Kaiserbuche (Haunsberg)

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Imperial beech (2003)
Rest of the fallen Kaiserbuche (2011)
New planting (2009)

The Kaiserbuche am Haunsberg is a historic red beech on the Haunsberg in the municipality of Obertrum am See in the Salzburg-Umgebung district in the State of Salzburg . The original tree fell victim to a storm in 2004 and was replaced by a new plant. The Kaiserbuche commemorates the unofficial visit by Emperor Joseph II on October 28, 1779.

history

After the War of the Bavarian Succession (1778/79), the peace treaty of Teschen (Northern Bohemia) was concluded on May 13, 1779 . Emperor Joseph II is said to have stayed here on the occasion of the acquisition of what is now Upper Austria's Innviertel region by the Habsburgs , in order to visit the newly acquired land from the hill. To commemorate the stay, a red beech was planted on the site, but probably not until 1791, a year after the emperor's death. A parallel and possible model for this act can be found in the Bohemian community of Petrovice u Chabařovic , formerly Peterswald, where an "Emperor Joseph Oak" was planted some years after his visit, also in memory of the emperor's stay after the war.

View from the Kaiserbuche to the nearby Mattsee

At the instigation of the k. k. Regimental doctor Heinrich Wallmann erected a stone pyramid on October 12, 1865 with the inscription "Here stood the great Emperor Josef II on October 28, 1779" and a replica of the imperial crown.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I on August 18, 1898, a chapel was inaugurated next to the memorial. This is part of a large number of church buildings that were donated on the occasion of the emperor's reign anniversaries ( Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Jubilee-Kirchen ). It was renovated in 2002/03.

On May 9, 1932, the Kaiserbuche was declared a natural monument (formerly number NDM 013). The reasons given are the historical and cultural significance of the site for the region and the special character of the landscape created by the tree.

Since the beech was damaged due to age and fungal attack, it was partially uprooted by a storm on August 12, 2004 and the trunk was bent. She could no longer be saved and was cut up; individual tree slices were given to local museums.

Several offshoots of the imperial beech had already been used in advance. On May 1, 2005, the emperor's son Otto von Habsburg planted one of them. A relationship to the former imperial family is continued symbolically, but also documentarily. Another memorial plaque was worked into the stone of the pyramid built in 1865, on which, despite the legal abolition of the title of nobility, the tree fitter is named with one. The inscription reads: “The great European Ehzg. Otto v. Ö. [= Archduke Otto of Austria] put the new beech tree on May 1st, 2005. The communities of Obertrum, Nussdorf, Anthering. "

With the decision of August 31, 2005, the subsequent booking was also designated as a natural monument by the Salzburg state government (number 00252 Neue Kaiserbuche ). The purpose of protection is stated as “special protection of the natural structure, existence and appearance”.

The newly planted tree was destroyed by an act of vandalism in late February 2008. As a result, in the summer of 2009 a new “imperial beech” was planted, which is now fenced in two meters high.

Location

The Kaiserbuche stands around 12 km north of the city of Salzburg (as the crow flies) at 766  m above sea level. A. and is considered a landmark of the Flachgau. It is known far and wide and is a popular excursion and signposted hiking destination. The tree is located in the municipality of Obertrum am See, right on the border with Nussdorf am Haunsberg and not far from that of Anthering . It can be reached from the main town of Obertrum in around two hours on foot, but also from other directions. There is a restaurant in the immediate vicinity.

Due to its exposed location on the ridge of the Haunsberg, the former tree could be seen with the naked eye for more than 30 km - both from Austrian territory and from the neighboring Bavarian Rupertiwinkel .

  • Kaiser Franz Joseph Jubilee Chapel

  • Memorial pyramid with the plaque from 1865

  • Memorial pyramid with the plaque from 2005

Kaiser Franz Joseph Jubilee Chapel

The rectangular chapel with a three-sided apse and plastered facade and roof turret was built in 1898 and restored in 1968. The arched windows have wooden tracery. In the barrel-vaulted chapel room there is a neo-Gothic Wimperg altar St. Maria. Adjacent is a memorial pyramid built in 1779 to commemorate the imperial visit, which was renewed in 1957.

literature

  • The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Salzburg 1986 . Obertrum, Kaiser-Franz-Joseph Jubilee Chapel on the ridge of the Haunsberg near the Kaiserbuche, p. 294.

Web links

Commons : Kaiserbuche  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Austrian National Library: Salzburg Chronicle on October 28, 1797, accessed November 26, 2016
  2. ↑ a b Explanations in the decision on the designation of the imperial beech as a natural monument in 2005 ( memento of the original from June 26, 2015 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. (pdf; 105 kB). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.salzburg.gv.at
  3. ↑ Franz Umlauft: History of Peterswald in the Ore Mountains ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.peterswald.org 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. , accessed June 9, 2013.
  4. ^ Wiener Zeitung , October 18, 1865, p. 162, column 1.
  5. ↑ a b The Kaiserbuche natural monument cannot be saved , Salzburger Landeskorrespondenz from August 13, 2004, accessed on July 21, 2015.
  6. ↑ Ch. Tomiczek: Can the imperial beech on the Haunsberg still be saved? , Federal Forest Research Institute 1999; identical on stadtbaum.at , both accessed on June 10, 2013.
  7. ↑ The end of the Kaiserbuche ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2005 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. . salzburg.gv: News 3/04 (pdf; 1.1 MB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.salzburg.gv.at
  8. ↑ New imperial beech in the nature conservation book of the State of Salzburg

Coordinates: 47 ° 55 ′ 36.1 ″  N , 13 ° 0 ′ 31.7 ″  E