List of natural monuments in Straelen and Wachtendonk

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The list of natural monuments in Straelen and Wachtendonk contains the natural monuments from landscape plan No. 14 of the Kleve district. Legal force since February 23, 2013.

It lists special trees, groups of trees, avenues, a boulder and a spring area with ponds at 51 different locations. They impress with their beauty, individuality and rarity or are important for scientific, cultural, historical or ecological reasons. The majority of the natural monuments are located at Haus Caen in Straelen. In addition to the gardens, there are also many individual trees defined as special individual creations of nature.

Memorial number	Place / location	Designation of the ND	number	Art	Registered since	Protective reason	description	image
ND 1	Straelen - : Street banquet on the Grenzweg in a slight hollow map	Pedunculate oak on the Grenzweg	1	English oak (Quercus robur)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 330 cm, height: approx. 20 m, crown diameter: approx. 18 m The trunk has a height of 4 m and divides into approx. 15 stems and individual shoots	Image wanted BW
ND 2	Straelen - : At the house and on the edge of a meadow at Maasstrasse 177 map	Pedunculate oaks on the Maasstrasse near Westerbroek	2	English oak (Quercus robur)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 440 or 380 cm. Height: approx. 25 or 22 m. Crown diameter: approx. 16 or 14 m	Image wanted BW
ND 3	Straelen - Brüxken On a meadow in Brüxken map	Pedunculate oak in bridges	1	English oak (Quercus robur)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 470 cm, height: approx. 28 m, crown diameter: approx. 20 m 10 m high trunk, occasional dead wood in the crown due to storm damage .	Image wanted BW
ND 4	Straelen - : On an island, east of Haus Coull , Rathausstrasse / Xantener Strasse map	Tulip tree at House Coull	1	Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 370 cm, height: approx. 28 m, crown diameter: approx. 10 m	Image wanted BW
ND 5	Straelen - : House Coull, Rathausstrasse / Xantener Strasse, inner edge of the graves map	Double-stemmed sequoia at Haus Coull	1	Sequoia tree (Sequoiadendron giganteum)	2013	Rarity peculiarity beauty	Circumference: approx. 770 cm, from 2 m height: 440 cm Height: approx. 35 - 40 m Crown diameter: approx. 10 - 12 m Tree divides into two trunks at a height of 2 meters. It was already identified as ND in the natural monument ordinance of the district of Geldern of December 1st, 1954.	Image wanted BW
ND 6	Straelen - : Roadside along the entrance to Haus Coull, Rathausstraße / Xantener Straße, between the outer edge of the graves and the path map	Row of oak trees near Coull's house	15th	English oak (Quercus robur)	2013	Rarity peculiarity beauty	Circumference: approx. 160 - 350 cm Height: approx. 22 - 28 m Crown diameter: approx. 10 - 15 m	Image wanted BW
ND 7	Straelen - : On a lawn on the western entrance arch of Haus Coull, Rathausstrasse / Xantener Strasse map	Sequoia at House Coull	1	Sequoia tree (Sequoiadendron giganteum)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 290 cm, height: approx. 40 m, crown diameter: approx. 12 m	Image wanted BW
ND 8	Straelen - : West side of the street at the Klaesen farm on Klaesenweg, not far from a small stable building map	Elms on Klaesenweg	2	Field elm (Ulmus carpinifolia)	2013	Rarity beauty	Circumference: approx. 440 or 340 cm Height: each approx. 27 m Crown diameter: each approx. 15 m	Image wanted BW
ND 9	Straelen - : approx. 200 m north of the mill at Haus Caen, on both sides of the mill ditch at the confluence of the Niers, Caen / Wachtendonker Straße map	Bald cypress trees north of the mill at Haus Caen	3	Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)	2013	Rarity peculiarity beauty	Circumference: approx. 550, 360 and 390 cm Height: approx. 29 - 35 m Crown diameter: approx. 10 - 15 m The trees are over 200 years old.	Image wanted BW
ND 10	Straelen - : West of Haus Caen, Caen / Wachtendonker Straße map	Clusters of trees west of Haus Caen	12	Groups of trees (see ND 10.1 to ND 10.12)	2013		The Caen house's history records that the nature lover and scholar Carl Ludwig Franz von Varo died in 1876 and had a large landscape park laid out by gardening director Maximilian Friedrich Weyhe between 1820 and 1830 . The ND listed below suggest that the tree population was created around 190 years ago.	Image wanted BW
ND 10.1	Straelen - : West of Haus Caen, Caen / Wachtendonker Straße, between Moorbeek and the western part of the building Coordinates are missing! Help.	Bald cypress west of House Caen	1	Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 400 cm, height: approx. 35 m, crown diameter: approx. 12 m	Image wanted
ND 10.2	Straelen - : West of Haus Caen, Caen / Wachtendonker Straße, between Moorbeek and the western part of the building Coordinates are missing! Help.	Tulip trees west of Haus Caen	2	Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 320 or 390 cm Height: each approx. 25 m Crown diameter: each approx. 12 m	Image wanted
ND 10.3	Straelen - : West of Haus Caen, Caen / Wachtendonker Straße, on the southern bank of the pond Coordinates are missing! Help.	Bald cypress west of House Caen	1	Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 410 cm Height: approx. 30 m Crown diameter: approx. 10 m	Image wanted
ND 10.4	Straelen - : West of Haus Caen, Caen / Wachtendonker Straße, on the western boundary of the parcel of the park on a body of water and in the immediate vicinity of Haus Caen's grave Coordinates are missing! Help.	Black alder west of Haus Caen	1	Slit-leaved black alder (Alnus glutinosa "Laciniata")	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 270 cm, height: approx. 20 m, crown diameter: approx. 15 m	Image wanted
ND 10.5	Straelen - : West of Haus Caen, Caen / Wachtendonker Straße, by the graves in the western area of the garden Coordinates are missing! Help.	Yew trees west of Haus Caen	5	Yew tree (Taxus baccata)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 160 - 180 cm Height: each approx. 10 m Crown diameter: each approx. 5 m The trees are planted semicircularly around the graves of several family members from Geyr zu Schweppenburg.	Image wanted
ND 10.6	Straelen - : West of Haus Caen, Caen / Wachtendonker Straße, on a park path that runs parallel to Moorbeek and leads to the Lindenallee to the west Coordinates are missing! Help.	Black pine west of Haus Caen	1	Black pine (Pinus nigra austriaca)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 330 cm, height: approx. 30 m, crown diameter: approx. 10 m	Image wanted
ND 10.7	Straelen - : West of Haus Caen, Caen / Wachtendonker Straße, on the edge of a lawn Coordinates are missing! Help.	Turkey oak west of House Caen	1	Turkey oak (Quercus cerris)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 310 cm Height: approx. 25 m Crown diameter: approx. 20 m The tree has a very imposing appearance due to its broad crown.	Image wanted
ND 10.8	Straelen - : West of Haus Caen, Caen / Wachtendonker Straße, a little to the side on a lawn Coordinates are missing! Help.	Slit-leaved European beech to the west of Haus Caen	1	Slit-leaved European beech (Fagus sylvatica "Laciniata")	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 440 cm Height: approx. 20 m Crown diameter: approx. 12 m Trunk shows damage due to fungal attack ( Lackporling ) on the west side .	Image wanted
ND 10.9	Straelen - : West of Haus Caen, Caen / Wachtendonker Straße, on the edge of a lawn Coordinates are missing! Help.	Column oak west of House Caen	1	Column oak (Quercus robur "Fastigiata")	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 320 cm, height: approx. 28 m, crown diameter: approx. 7 m	Image wanted
ND 10.10	Straelen - : West of Haus Caen, Caen / Wachtendonker Straße Coordinates are missing! Help.	Multi-stemmed black pine west of Haus Caen	1	Black pine (Pinus nigra austriaca)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 210 - 240 cm, size of the individual stems Height: approx. 28 m Crown diameter: approx. 10 - 12 m It is a three-stemmed black pine. One of the trunks divides at a height of 5 m and forms a 4th trunk here.	Image wanted
ND 10.11	Straelen - : West of Haus Caen, Caen / Wachtendonker Straße, southwest of the ice cellar Coordinates are missing! Help.	Ash west of House Caen	1	Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 300 cm Height: approx. 30 m Crown diameter: approx. 12 m There is bushy and tree-like undergrowth in the eaves area.	Image wanted
ND 10.12	Straelen - : West of Haus Caen, Caen / Wachtendonker Straße, southwest of the ice cellar Coordinates are missing! Help.	Sham acacia - Robinia west of Haus Caen	1	Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 390 cm, height: approx. 28 m, crown diameter: approx. 12 m With bush and tree-like undergrowth.	Image wanted
ND 11	Straelen - : On a grassland area between the Niers and the Moorbeek loop, approx. 150 and 200 m southeast of Haus Caen, Wachtendonker Straße map	Pedunculate oaks southeast of Caen House	2	English oak (Quercus robur)	2013	Peculiarity beauty ecological reasons	Circumference: approx. 560 or 690 cm Height: approx. 25 or 20 m Crown diameter: approx. 25 or 20 m Age: over 200 years The more southerly tree has a cavity in the trunk area The pedunculate oaks were already designated as ND in the natural monument ordinance of the district of Geldern of December 1st, 1954	Image wanted BW
ND 12	Straelen - : South-east of Haus Caen, Wachtendonker Straße map	Groups of trees southeast of Haus Caen		Groups of trees (see ND 12.1 to ND 12.6)	2013
ND 12.1	Straelen - : South-east of Haus Caen, between the Moorbeek loop and the western part of the building Coordinates are missing! Help.	Bald cypress southeast of Caen House	1	Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 240 cm, height: approx. 22 m Not to be confused with the somewhat mighty tree with a broken crown within the loop.	Image wanted
ND 12.2	Straelen - : South-east of Haus Caen, in the historical landscape park, in a triangle of the Moorbeek and a ditch that formed the end of the garden Coordinates are missing! Help.	Hornbeam south-east of Haus Caen	1	Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: 7 stems, each 35 - 70 cm high: approx. 18 m. Crown diameter: approx. 15 m Multi-stemmed hornbeam, presumably it served as a shade arbor. From the location of the tree one has a wonderful view over the former horticultural garden on the historical building.	Image wanted
ND 12.3	Straelen - : South-east of Haus Caen Coordinates are missing! Help.	Bald cypress trees southeast of Caen House	2	Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)	2013	Peculiarity beauty ecological reasons	Circumference: approx. 690 or 660 cm Height: approx. 35 or 38 m Crown diameter: approx. 12 or 15 m Age: approx. 200 years	Image wanted
ND 12.4	Straelen - : approx. 200 m southeast of Haus Caen on the pointed island Coordinates are missing! Help.	Blood beeches south-east of House Caen	3	Copper beech (Fagus sylvatica purpurea)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 450 cm, 450 cm and 400 cm Height: each approx. 30 m Crown diameter: approx. 15 - 20 m The copper beeches are grown from seedlings and not grafted.	Image wanted
ND 12.5	Straelen - : approx. 200 m southeast of Haus Caen in the southern Moorbeek loop Coordinates are missing! Help.	King nut south-east of Haus Caen	1	King nut (Carya laciniosa)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 250 cm, height: approx. 30 m, crown diameter: approx. 12 m	Image wanted
ND 12.6	Straelen - : approx. 200 m southeast of Haus Caen in the southern Moorbeek loop Coordinates are missing! Help.	Slit-leaved European beech south-east of Haus Caen	1	Slit-leaved European beech (Fagus sylvatica "Laciniata")	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 290 cm, height: approx. 25 m, crown diameter: approx. 12 m	Image wanted
ND 13	Straelen - : approx. 200 m south of Haus Caen and east of the Niers map	Bald cypress on the banks of the Niers, southeast of Haus Caen	1	Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 690 cm Height: approx. 20 m Crown diameter: approx. 15 m With the hurricane storms in July 2010, the top of the tree erupted at a height of around 15 m. The bald cypress was already designated as ND in the Natural Monument Ordinance of the district of Geldern of December 1st, 1954.	Image wanted BW
ND 14	Straelen - : Am Moorbach, Boekholterweg / Xantener Straße map	Red beech (Trinity) at the Mühlenhof	3	Common beech (Fagus sylvatica)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 350 - 380 cm Height: approx. 28 - 30 m Crown diameter: each approx. 15 m	Image wanted BW
ND 15	Wachtendonk - : approx. 50 m south of Haus Holtheyde map	Yew arbor near Haus Holtheyde	11	Yew tree (Taxus baccata)	2013	Nature of beauty Historical reasons	Height: approx. 7 m Arbor diameter: inside 9 m and outside 20 m Circular yew arbor, through the formation of the crown closure, the inner shaded areas are completely dead. In the center and completely in the shade is a destroyed sundial.	Image wanted BW
ND 16	Wachtendonk - : 150 m south of Haus Holtheyde map	Linden group at Haus Holtheyde	3	Winter linden (Tilia cordata)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 520 cm, 360 cm and 350 cm Height: approx. 32 - 35 m Age: approx. 200 years Linden trees planted in a triangle. The first linden tree is divided into 5 stems at a height of 1.50 m, the second tree has 3 branches from a height of 1.0 m and the third is divided into 2 stems at a height of 1.0 m.	Image wanted BW
ND 17	Straelen - : approx. 100 m west of the chapel at Paesmühle and south of the Mühlenbach, Paesmühlenweg, near BW warehouse map	Yew to the west of the Paesmühle	1	Yew tree (Taxus baccata)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 360 cm Height: approx. 10 m Age: over 200 years The base of the trunk is divided into 3 stems, and the strong shading of the larger trees around it inhibits its growth.	Image wanted BW
ND 18	Straelen - : east of the Paesmühle in the Holthuyser Heide, Paesmühlenweg, near the BW warehouse map	Quellbach with 2 ponds east of the Paesmühle in the Holthuyser Heide	1	Source stream with 7 springs and 2 ponds	2013	Regional reasons Cultural historical reasons	In the valley of the seven springs , streams from several springs cut deep into the terrain, making the relief very hilly. These seven source streams feed 2 ponds, which are probably the former mill ponds of the nearby Paesmühle and flow into the Mühlenbach.
ND 19	Straelen - : west of the Sanger Feld 3 residential building map	Summer linden tree in Sang	1	Summer linden (Tilia platyphyllos)	2013	Rarity peculiarity beauty	Circumference: approx. 420 cm, height: approx. 22 m, crown diameter: approx. 12 m The tree can be seen from afar in the open landscape and, due to its mighty trunk circumference, is an impressive sight.	Image wanted BW
ND 20	Wachtendonk - : On the edge of the terrain on a field path at the Berben farm, Berbenweg / Heyackerweg map	Pedunculate oaks at the Berben farm	2	English oak (Quercus robur)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 330 or 400 cm Height: approx. 23 or 25 m Crown diameter: approx. 14 or 18 m The more southerly oak was struck by lightning and has a lightning crack with rot.	Image wanted BW
ND 21	Wachtendonk - : On a meadow on Kookerweg map	Tree pasture on Kookerweg	1	White willow (Salix alba)	2013	Rarity peculiarity beauty cultural-historical reasons	Circumference: approx. 950 cm Height: approx. 18 m Crown diameter: approx. 20 m The pollarded willow has 3 stems at the base, each 1.50 m in diameter. A fourth trunk has already broken out. All stems show core rot.	Image wanted BW
ND 22	Wachtendonk - Rüttendorf approx. 25 m north of Rüttendorfer Weg in the area of an old stable building, near Honnenkapelle, Rüttendorfer Weg map	Pedunculate oak near Wachtendonk - Rüttendorf	1	English oak (Quercus robur)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 360 cm, height: approx. 25 m, crown diameter: approx. 14 m	Image wanted BW
ND 23	Straelen - : on the Dutch border near Herongen , Niederdorfer Straße / Herungerberg map	Pedunculate oak on the Dutch border near Herongen	1	English oak (Quercus robur)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 460 cm, height: approx. 25 m, crown diameter: approx. 28 m The imposing tree stands in a circular, shifted high curb directly on the border.	Image wanted BW
ND 24	Straelen - Louisenburg Street banquet on Napoleonweg, near the North Canal lock Louisenburg map	Sweet chestnut on Napoleonweg near Louisenburg	1	Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 410 cm, height: approx. 16 m, crown diameter: approx. 15 m From a stem height of approx. 1 to 1.5 m, the tree is divided into 4 stems with a diameter of 40 - 60 cm. It has a well-developed and species-typical crown.	Image wanted BW
ND 25	Straelen - : Homestead Altbroekhuysen 13, behind the courtyard at the end of a ditch, on the edge of a water-bound dirt road. map	Pear behind the Altbroekhuysen homestead 13	1	Table pear (Pyrus communis)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 250 cm, height: approx. 14 m, crown diameter: approx. 12 m	Image wanted BW
ND 26	Straelen - : Homestead Altbroekhuysen 15 map	Hornbeam behind the Altbroekhuysen homestead 15	1	Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)	2013	Characteristic Beauty Cultural and historical reasons	Circumference: approx. 250 cm, height: approx. 17 m, crown diameter: approx. 12 m Hofbaum	Image wanted BW
ND 27	Wachtendonk - Harzbeck Access to the property at Vorster Strasse 3 on an ornamental lawn map	Walnut tree in Harzbeck	1	Walnut tree (Juglans regia)	2013	Rarity peculiarity beauty	Circumference: approx. 270 cm, height: approx. 20 m, crown diameter: approx. 16 m Court tree with a powerful, pronounced crown. Walnut tree in Harzbeck
ND 28	Wachtendonk - Harzbeck In a field east of the Eekesweg map	Pedunculate oak in Harzbeck east of the Eekesweg	1	English oak (Quercus robur)	2013	Rarity peculiarity beauty	Circumference: approx. 360 cm, height: approx. 24 m, crown diameter: approx. 20 m Freestanding and widely visible oak. View from Harbecker Strasse in the north
ND 29	Wachtendonk - Harzbeck courtyard access to the Bellhof map	Pedunculate oak on Müllemer Schulweg no.4	1	English oak (Quercus robur)	2013	Rarity peculiarity beauty cultural-historical reasons	Circumference: approx. 390 cm, height: approx. 25 m, crown diameter: approx. 22 m
ND 30	Wachtendonk - Harzbeck Jülicher Straße / Schürkesweg, approx. 400 m north of the Flootsmühle map	Teufelsstein Heronger Bush Mountains	1	Boulder (tertiary quartzite)	2013	Regional reasons Cultural historical reasons	Dimensions approx. 160 × 120 × 30 cm The stone has the shape of an uneven square. The boulder next to the information board about the former Roman road running there
ND 31	Straelen - : At the Herschel, approx. 250 m northwest of the Flootsmühle within the forest map	Pedunculate oak northwest of the floot mill	1	English oak (Quercus robur)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 580 cm Height: approx. 30 m Age: over 250 years The tree already showed low vitality in 2013 and had rotten spots in the trunk. At a height of 10 m, a trunk had broken off and died. The tree fell at the beginning of May 2020. In the ND regulation of the district of Geldern of December 1, 1954, oak was already listed as ND. View from the side The former treetop lying on the ground
ND 32	Wachtendonk - : At the Flootsmühle, intersection of Herscheler Weg / Jülicher Straße / Heide map	Pedunculate oak at Flootsmühle	1	English oak (Quercus robur)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 450 cm, height: approx. 30 m, crown diameter: approx. 15 - 20 m Pedunculate oak with a cross next to the bridge over the Nette
ND 33	Wachtendonk - : Hofstelle Harts-Gots Laerheider Weg 29 map	Horse chestnut on Laerheider Weg	1	Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)	2013	Peculiar beauty	Circumference: approx. 450 cm, height: approx. 25 m, crown diameter: approx. 20 - 25 m Hofbaum, at a height of 3 m it is divided into 5 trunks. The eaves and the courtyard area are sealed with concrete blocks.	Image wanted BW