Imperial oak
An imperial oak is an oak that was planted in honor or in memory of an emperor . The number of emperors associated with them goes from Charlemagne to Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Imperial empires in Germany
Noteworthy examples of imperial oaks in Germany are:
- Three emperor oaks from 1888 planted in the Marburg palace gardens in honor of the three emperor year .
- Imperial Berlin-Friedenau : planted in 1879 in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm I and his wife.
- Imperial Berlin-Lübars : 1897 in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm II and the 25th anniversary of the Lübars shooting club.
- Imperial Birkholz Bernau near Berlin : Planted on March 22, 1897 in honor of the 100th birthday of Kaiser Wilhelm I as a gift from former Chancellor Otto von Bismarck on the village green near the old village school, now a newly built village community center. The strong young oak came from his possession in the Sachsenwald .
- Kaisereiche Bonefeld : In March 1871, on the occasion of the founding of the German Empire and the coronation of King Wilhelm I. planted emperor of Germany. A memorial in memory of the Prussian-German War of 1866 and the Franco-German War of 1870/1871 was erected in 1898 and also honors the dead from both world wars.
- Kaiserseiche Füttersee : The age of this pedunculate oak near Füttersee in the Kitzingen district is controversial and is estimated to be 400 to 1200 years. The circumference was 7.92 meters in 2001.
- Imperial Haan : Planted on March 22nd, 1897 for the 100th birthday of Kaiser Wilhelm I as a “monument to divine help” and as a peace and warning symbol “for the German fatherland”. It is (despite its young age) associated with Charlemagne and therefore also called Charlemagne Oak.
- Karow Imperial Oak
- Kaisiche (Königsforst) in the Königsforst at the intersection of the Brück-Forsbacher Weg and the Pionier-Hüttenweg / Jägersweg in the southwestern part of the city of Bergisch Gladbach
- Imperial oak in the Kottenforst near Bonn
- Imperial Wuppertal
- Imperial oak in the Zehnsberg Eichsfeld: It has to do with the establishment of the German Empire in 1871, so it must be over 100 years old. It is on the right hand side on the Forsthaus Zehensberg hiking trail towards Leinefelde.
- Imperial oak in Würselen in the Aachen city region : It is reminiscent of Emperor / Tsar Alexander I of Russia , who took part in the monarchs' congress in Aachen in 1818 and probably enjoyed spending time in the park surrounding the oak. The imperial oak is now a protected tree as a natural monument. It can be found in the Kaisersruh district on the incline of the federal road 57 from Würselen towards Aachen on the hill on the right hand side in front of the dilapidated Gut Nellessen .
- Kaiser Wilhelm Oak near Straupitz (Spreewald)
- Kaiser-Wilhelm-Eiche : The oak was planted in Osterholz-Scharmbeck on March 22nd, 1897 in honor of the passage of Wilhelm II through Osterholz-Scharmbeck from Bremen to Bremerhaven , on the market square. Wilhelm II, however, was never in Osterholz-Scharmbeck. He was so late in Bremen that his visit was canceled. The oak stopped anyway.
- Imperial oak in Gehlert in the Westerwald : It was planted in 1913.
Imperial empires in Austria
Noteworthy examples of imperial oaks in Austria are:
- Imperial Hof am Leithaberge : On the summit of the Steinerwegberg, named after the visit of Emperor Ferdinand I in 1839.
- Imperial Totzenbach : Planted on December 2nd, 1908 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the throne of Emperor Franz-Josef I.
- Emperor Franz Josef Jubilee Oak Offenhausen (Upper Austria) : Planted on the same occasion in 1908 by the citizens of Offenhausen market.
See also
Web links
Commons : Kaisereichen - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Niederbarnimer Kreisblatt, Wednesday, March 17, 1897 (No. 33), Kreis-Nachrichten
- ^ Imperial Bonefeld
- ↑ Imperial Haan
- ^ ADAC City Atlas: Greater City and Community Atlas Cologne - Bonn. 5th edition, p. 168.
- ↑ in the Aachen city region . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ^ Carl Unterleuthner: To the Kaiser-Eiche. For the May trip of the Austrian Tourist Club on May 3rd, 1891. In: Oesterreichische Tourist-Zeitung / Österreichische Tourist-Zeitung / Österreichische Turisten-Zeitung / Österreichische Turisterneitung , year 1891, No. 9, May 1, 1891 (XI. Year), P. 99 f. (Online at ANNO ).
- ^ Kaisereiche Totzenbach ( Memento from September 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive )