List of natural monuments in Nieste (municipality)

The list of natural monuments in Nieste (municipality) called on the municipality Nieste in the district of Kassel, in Hesse located natural monuments . These are currently trees in 2 locations.

Trees

image	designation	District, location	description	Art	No.
more pictures	1 oak	Nieste 51 ° 18 ′ 37.5 ″  N , 9 ° 38 ′ 46.5 ″  E	Pedunculate oak approx. 1.3 km west of the outskirts of Nieste. The impressive old tree stands in the forest of the Gerholdsberg , in the northwest of the Sensenstein site. The hiking trail P11 “Niester Riesen” leads directly past. The trunk of the tree is hollow and several main branches have been sawed off. Trunk circumference: 6.20 m Height: 20 m Planting year: approx. 1655 OSM -Link to the map display: Oak on the Sensenstein	Quercus robur	6.33.551
more pictures	Conifer group "Rottebreite forest educational trail"	Nieste 51 ° 18 ′ 39.7 "  N , 9 ° 39 ′ 7.6"  E	Grove of trees approx. 800 m west of the outskirts of Nieste. The 6 conifers are in the forest of the Gerholdsberg . The hiking trail P11 “Niester Riesen” leads directly through the group of trees. The map for this trail lists the group as the “Niester Giant Natural Monument”. Local signage tries to establish a connection between a legend, the story of which takes place in the late Middle Ages, of giants who wanted to destroy Sensenstein Castle , and the current tree population. Height of trees: up to 45 m Year of planting of all trees: approx. From 1905. Sequoia: trunk circumference: 4.55 m OSM -Link to map display: Sequoia tree on Gerholdsberg Küstendouglasie: trunk circumference: 4.20 m OSM -Link to map display: Küstendouglasie am Gerholdsberg Pacific noble fir : trunk circumference: 3.40 m OSM -Link to the map display: Pacific noble fir at Gerholdsberg Large coastal fir 1: trunk circumference: 2.95 m OSM -link for map display: Large coastal fir 1 on Gerholdsberg Large coastal fir 2: trunk circumference: 3.40 m OSM link for map display: Large coastal fir 2 on Gerholdsberg Canadian hemlock: trunk circumference: 3.05 m OSM link for map display: Canadian hemlock on Gerholdsberg	Sequoioideae + Pseudotsuga menziesii + Abies procera + 2 x Abies grandis + Tsuga canadensis	6.33.552

Former natural monument

image	designation	District, location	description	Art	No.
more pictures	Oak trunk	Nieste 51 ° 18 ′ 41.2 "  N , 9 ° 38 ′ 34.9"  E	Dead oak trunk approx. 1.5 km west of the outskirts of Nieste. The trunk stands in the forest of the Gerholdsberg , in the north of the Sensenstein terrain, on the P11 “Niester Riesen” hiking trail. The oak has died, but the remaining trunk with main branches is impressive. This tree is still registered as a natural monument in (outdated) topographic maps, but no longer in the current official cadastre. OSM link to the map display: oak trunk on the Sensenstein	-	-

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supporting documents

1. ↑ According to the official cadastre of the Lower Nature Conservation Authority of the district of Kassel and on-site research 2016 - March 2017.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Information on trunk circumference (if no own measurement), size and planting year according to Rüdiger Germeroth, Horst Koenies, Reiner Kunz: Natural cultural assets - past and future of natural monuments in the district of Kassel , publisher: District Committee of the District of Kassel, Lower Nature Conservation Authority, Wolfhagen, 2005, Appendix "Trees" p. 186 ff. The year of planting was calculated back using the age estimated there and the year of publication (2005) of the publication.
3. ↑ Measurement 2017-03-31 in h = 1.30 m
4. ↑ Measurement 2017-03-31 in h = 1.30 m
5. ↑ Measurement 2017-03-31 in h = 1.30 m
6. ↑ Measurement 2017-03-31 in h = 1.30 m
7. ↑ Measurement 2017-03-31 in h = 1.30 m
8. ↑ Measurement 2017-03-31 in h = 1.30 m

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