List of natural monuments in Witten

The list of natural monuments in Witten includes natural monuments of the North Rhine-Westphalian city ​​of Witten . They are kept at the Lower Landscape Authority of the Ennepe-Ruhr district .

Natural monuments

image	designation	location	description	reason	Memorial number
	Copper beech (Fagus sylvatica f. Purpurea)	Düren Dürener Straße 66 map	Tree with a pronounced crown and bulging trunk, trunk circumference 4.10 m	Rarity, individuality and beauty	2.3.1
	Copper beech (Fagus sylvatica f. Purpurea)	Bommern Steinhausen Castle map	Tree with a pronounced crown, trunk circumference 4.75 m	Rarity and beauty	2.3.2
	European holly (Ilex aquifolium)	Bommern Steinhausen Castle map	Two-stemmed tree with gnarled, partially overgrown trunks, dense crown, trunk circumference 1.40 m, bark damage	Rarity and peculiarity	2.3.3
	European yew (Taxus baccata)	Bommern Steinhausen Castle map	Tree with a pronounced crown, trunk girth 1.50 m	Rarity and beauty	2.3.4
	European yew (Taxus baccata)	Bommern Steinhausen Castle map	Tree with a pronounced crown, trunk girth 1.50 m	Rarity and beauty	2.3.5
	European yew (Taxus baccata)	Bommern Steinhausen Castle map	Tree with a pronounced crown, trunk circumference 1.11 m	Rarity and beauty	2.3.6
	European yew (Taxus baccata)	Bommern Steinhausen Castle map	Tree with a pronounced crown, trunk circumference 1.38 m	Rarity and beauty	2.3.7
	European yew (Taxus baccata)	Bommern Steinhausen Castle map	Tree with a pronounced crown, trunk circumference 1.35 m	Rarity and beauty	2.3.8
	European yew (Taxus baccata)	Bommern Steinhausen Castle map	three-stemmed tree with a pronounced crown, trunk circumference 1.18 m, 1 m and 0.82 m	Rarity, individuality and beauty	2.3.9
	European yew (Taxus baccata)	Bommern Steinhausen Castle map	two-stemmed tree with a pronounced crown, trunk circumference 0.80 m each	Rarity, individuality and beauty	2.3.10
	Copper beech (Fagus sylvatica f. Purpurea)	Mitte city ​​park map	Tree with a pronounced crown, trunk circumference 4 m	Rarity and beauty	2.3.11
	Copper beech (Fagus sylvatica f. Purpurea)	Mitte city ​​park map	Tree with a pronounced crown, trunk circumference 3.45 m	Rarity and beauty	2.3.12
	Copper beech (Fagus sylvatica f. Purpurea)	Mitte city ​​park map	Tree with a pronounced crown, trunk circumference 3.90 m	Rarity and beauty	2.3.15
	Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa)	Mitte Ruhrdeich, Stadtwerke map	Tree with a pronounced crown and a trunk circumference of 4.45 m	Rarity and beauty	2.3.17
	Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa)	Mitte Ruhrdeich, Stadtwerke map	Tree with a pronounced crown and a trunk circumference of 5.10 m	Rarity and beauty	2.3.18
more pictures	Geological outcrop of the Muttental quarry	Bommern Muttentalstrasse map	approx. 300 m wide and approx. 15–35 m high north wall of a quarry on the south wing of the Witten main hollow on the north wing of the Helenenbergsattel; also ground monument 8	Natural history, geographical and geological significance, rarity and peculiarity	2.3.20
	English oak (Quercus robur)	Bommern Rauendahlstrasse map	Tree with a pronounced crown, trunk circumference 4.58 m; Mutten oak or nut oak called	Rarity and beauty	2.3.21
	Common beech (Fagus sylvatica)	Bommern Frielinghauser Strasse map	Tree with a pronounced crown, trunk circumference 4.80 m, partially exposed roots	Rarity, individuality and beauty	2.3.22
	European yew (Taxus baccata)	Bommern Frielinghauser Strasse 41 map	Tree with a pronounced crown, two-stemmed from a height of 1.80 m, trunk circumference 1.66 m	Rarity and beauty	2.3.25
	English oak (Quercus robur)	Bommern Am Waldsaum 2 card	Tree with a pronounced crown, trunk circumference 3.85 m	Rarity and beauty	2.3.28
more pictures	Geological outcrop Quarry Rauen	Annen Kohlensiepen card	approx. 180 m wide and up to 30 m high upper northeast wall of a quarry on the north wing of the Kirchhörder saddle, a special saddle on the south wing of the Witten main hollow; also ground monument 33	Natural history, geographical and geological significance, rarity and peculiarity	2.3.31

Former natural monuments

image	designation	location	description	reason	Memorial number	Remarks
	Copper beech (Fagus sylvatica f. Purpurea)	Mitte city ​​park map	Tree with a pronounced crown, trunk circumference 4.10 m	Rarity and beauty	2.3.16	Monument status revoked at the end of 2012, fell on February 15, 2013
	Copper beech (Fagus sylvatica f. Purpurea)	Heven In der Lake 24 card	Tree with a pronounced crown, trunk circumference 3.26 m	Rarity and beauty	2.3.19	fell on April 15 and 16, 2010

See also

• List of ground monuments in Witten
• List of architectural monuments in Witten

literature

• Municipal association of the Ruhr area : Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis. Landscape plan. Witten-Wetter-Herdecke room. Textual presentation of the development goals. Textual determinations and explanations . Ed .: Senior District Director of the Ennepe-Ruhr District. 1984, 2.3 Natural monuments according to § 22 LGNW, p. 191 ff .

Web links

Commons : Natural monuments in Witten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• History map historical objects
• Geoportal of the Ennepe-Ruhr district

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pedunculate oak "Mutten-Eiche" at the entrance to the Muttental (Rauendahlstraße) in Witten. MonumentalTrees.com, accessed March 22, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Irmine Skelnik: Sick Tree. Firewood is made from a natural monument. WAZ , February 18, 2013, accessed February 2, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Natural monument will be on 15./16. April like. The end is near for copper beech. WAZ, April 13, 2010, accessed February 2, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Michael Vaupel: Natural monument was felled. The end of the copper beech. WAZ, April 15, 2010, accessed February 2, 2017 . 

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