List of the thickest oak trees in Germany

Femeiche near alder - with an estimated 600 to 850 years the oldest oak

The list of the thickest oaks in Germany names oaks ( Quercus spp.), The trunk circumference of which, according to the German Tree Archives, exceeds a specified dimension. Measured at a height of one meter, the limit area is eight meters, at the point of the smallest circumference it is 7.5 meters. From this level, the German Tree Archive classifies oaks as nationally significant . The location, the federal state, the two dimensions and the estimated age are named for the approximately 80 oaks. Except for the Dunieeiche in Uslar , a sessile oak Quercus petraea , is English oak ( Quercus robur ).

Oaks with a trunk circumference of more than ten meters, measured at the point with the smallest circumference, are the split oak near Borlinghausen (10.35 meters) and the strongest of the Ivenack oaks near Ivenack (10.07 meters). The strongest of the Ivenack oaks is the thickest, naturally grown, single-stemmed oak in Germany. In addition, at a height of 31 meters with 140  solid meters, it is the most massive oak in Europe.

The age of the Femeiche near alder, the oldest oak in Germany, is estimated to be around 850 years. The Ivenack oaks and the grave oaks in Nöbdenitz follow with an estimated age of up to 800 years. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has the most oaks with a total of 17 strong oaks, followed by Brandenburg with 14 and Bavaria with 11.

Explanation

• Place: Names the ranking position that the oak occupies in the list according to the trunk circumference.
• Trunk circumference (one meter high): states the trunk circumference of the oak measured one meter above the ground and the year of the measurement. Oak trees of this size have an increase in circumference of around 1.8 to 2 centimeters per year. Depending on the site conditions, growth habit, climate, trunk shape and biographical facts, the value can fluctuate between the strongest oak at Ivenack between 1804 and 1996 with an annual increase in circumference of 1.16 centimeters and three centimeters.
• Name: gives the name of the oak.
• Location: Provides the location of the oak.
• Country: Abbreviation and flag of the federal state in which the oak is located.
• Circumference (waist): states the circumference of the trunk at the point of its smallest diameter (waist), below the lowest strong branches, and the year of measurement.
• Age: gives the estimated age of the oak. The age estimate is based on the size of the trunk, the location and the historical records. Oak trees of this size are almost always hollow, so that no annual ring counts are possible on the hollowed-out trunk. Determining the age according to the radioactive carbon content ( radiocarbon dating , also called ¹⁴ C dating) is problematic with this trunk structure, as the oldest wooden parts in the inner area of ​​the trunk are missing for age dating.

Oak trees

No.	Trunk circumference (one meter high)	Surname	place	country	Circumference (waist)	Age (estimated)
1	12.84 m (year 2000)0	Kattholzeichen	Pearl oil	SH	7.40 m (year 1998)	320-450
2	12.40 m (year 1990)0	Oak	Ivenack	MV	10.07 m (year 2000)0	600-800
3	12.00 m (year 1989)0	Femeiche	alder	NW	-	600-850
4th	11.65 m (year 2008)0	1000 year old oak	Borlinghausen	NW	10.35 m (year 2008)0	400-650
5	11.00 m (year 1990)0	Burial oak	Nöbdenitz	TH	9.12 m (year 2000)	700-800
6th	10.75 m (year 1988)0	Oak	Emmertshof	BW	7.24 m (year 2007)	360-500
7th	10.15 m (year 1991)0	Thick oak	Krügersdorf	BR	9.73 m (year 2001)	350-600
8th	9.98 m (year 2001)	Crown oak	Minzow	MV	8.80 m (year 1999)	400-600
9	9.95 m (year 1995)	Thick oak	Berteroda	TH	9.31 m (year 2001)	500-650
10	9.95 m (year 2006)	Oak	Forester's lodge Grünejäger	NI	7.62 m (year 2007)	380-600
11	9.70 m (year 1995)	Royal oak	Volkenroda	TH	9.51 m (year 2002)	450-620
12	9.60 m (year 1991)	Saint Wolfgang's oak	Castle house	BY	8.60 m (year 1998)	400-600
13	9.60 m (year 1994)	Castle Oak	Eisolzried	BY	8.59 m (year 2001)	350-700
14th	9.56 m (year 2002)	Fat Margaret	Beberbeck	HE	8.16 m (year 2003)	360-600
15th	9.53 m (year 2000)	Millennial oak	Nagel Castle	BY	9.01 m (year 2001)	450-600
16	9.50 m (year 1998)	Stork oak	Ebersbach	SN	6.82 m (year 2001)	350-450
17th	9.45 m (year 1990)	Horse head oak	Ivenack	MV	8.70 m (year 2000)	600-800
18th	9.35 m (year 1990)	Knustiche	Ivenack	MV	8.43 m (year 2000)	600-800
19th	9.23 m (year 2001)	Oak	Bischofswald	ST	7.56 m (year 2002)	400-600
20th	9.20 m (year 2001)	Oak	Lehsen	MV	7.60 m (year 1999)	350-550
21st	9.15 m (year 1996)	Gate oak	Dausenau	RP	7.90 m (year 1992)	350-450
22nd	9.07 m (year 2004)	1000-year-old oak Gollingkreut	Gollingkreut	BY	8.32 m (year 2002)	360-500
23	9.02 m (year 2003)	Wall oak	Hornoldendorf	NW	8.74 m (year 2002)	380-500
24	8.98 m (year 2004)	Giant oak from Niedergurig	Low	SN	7.93 m (year 2001)	700-800
25th	8.90 m (year 2005)	Oak	Rattle tower	NI	7.87 m (year 2007)	450-550
26th	8.85 m (year 1990)	Oak	Ivenack	MV	-	600-800
27	8.83 m (year 2003)	Pool oak	Schlitz Castle	MV	-	350-390
28	8.80 m (year 1997)	Castle Oak	Gadow	BR	8.06 m (year 2000)	350-500
29	8.77 m (year 2001)	Hammundese oak	Friedewald	HE	7.61 m (year 2000)	400-500
30th	8.70 m (year 1997)	Triple oak	Brandendorf	BR	8.59 m (year 2001)	260-400
31	8.69 m (year 2001)	Oak	Repten	BR	-	300-375
32	8.63 m (year 2001)	Beautiful oak	Pinnow	MV	7.95 m (year 2000)	320-430
33	8.61 m (year 2001)	Royal oak	Ebstorf	NI	7.70 m (year 2002)	360-450
34	8.60 m (year 1986)	Court oak	Gahrenberg	HE	7.45 m (year 1999)	380-600
35	8.58 m (year 2003)	Brockmöller's oak	Hops	NW	8.43 m (year 2000)	300-500
36	8.52 m (year 2004)	1000 year old oak	Hogweed	BR	8.03 m (year 2000)	350-500
37	8.50 m (year 2000)	Hollow oak	Egenbüttel	SH	8.43 m (year 2002)	450-600
38	8.50 m (year 2005)	Oak	Burr	BR	7.20 m (year 2005)	260-400
39	8.46 m (year 2006)	Oak	Petersdorf	BY	7.58 m (year 2006)	300-420
40	8.42 m (year 2001)	Bean countries oak	Brandenburg on the Havel	BR	8.12 m (year 2001)	320-450
41	8.40 m (year 1991)	Bouquet oak	Krügersdorf	BR	8.42 m (year 2001)	350-600
42	8.38 m (year 2003)	1000 year old oak	Holte Castle	NW	8.03 m (year 2002)	400-500
43	8.38 m (year 2006)	Oak	Bernried	BY	7.32 m (year 2006)	300-460
44	8.35 m (year 1998)	Oak	Herwigsdorf	SN	8.35 m (year 2001)	280-400
45	8.33 m (year 2003)	Fox oak	Great Gievitz	MV	7.70 m (year 2000)	350-430
46	8.31 m (year 2008)	Oak	In the sand	SH	8.06 m (year 2008)	280-420
47	8.30 m (year 2008)	Thick oak	Airlenbach	HE	8.15 m (year 2008)	320-430
48	8.30 m (year 2004)	Humboldteiche	Tegel	BE	-	240-360
49	8.29 m (year 2001)	Oak	Great Beuchow	BR	-	280-350
50	8.22 m (year 2006)	Oak	Schopfheim	BW	7.69 m (year 2006)	300-410
51	8.20 m (year 1999)	Duni oak	Uslar	NI	7.70 m (year 1999)	400-550
52	8.20 m (year 2008)	Oak	Copitz	SN	7.50 m (year 2008)	-
53	8.18 m (year 2001)	Oak	Schwerin	MV	8.05 m (year 1999)	300-400
54	8.17 m (year 2007)	Big oak	Ottersdorf	BY	7.93 m (year 2007)	320-450
55	8.15 m (year 1992)	Oak	Albshausen	HE	7.80 m (year 2001)	390-410
56	8.14 m (year 2000)	Pen oak	Danish Nienhof	SH	6.81 m (year 1998)	350-500
57	8.13 m (year 2008)	Oak	Riser	BR	7.34 m (year 2008)	350-450
58	8.13 m (year 2000)	Oak	Flottbeck	HH	-	300-450
59	8.12 m (year 2008)	Oak	Gut Eckendorf	NW	7.29 m (year 2002)	300-450
60	8.11 m (year 2001)	Oak	Jasdorf	SH	6.84 m (year 2002)	270-360
61	8.11 m (year 2003)	Oak	Lüttenhagen	MV	7.37 m (year 2003)	330-450
62	8.10 m (year 2003)	Oak	Feldhusen	MV	7.40 m (year 1998)	400-525
63	8.10 m (year 2005)	Oak	Haselberg	BR	-	350-500
64	8.09 m (year 2005)	Field oak	Mahlsdorf	BR	-	320-400
65	8.08 m (year 2003)	Oak	Rammelburg	SN	7.72 m (year 2001)	330-450
66	8.07 m (year 2003)	Oak	Müsselmow	MV	7.50 m (year 1999)	250-350
67	8.06 m (year 2008)	Oak	Sierhagen estate	SH	7.20 m (year 2008)	300-400
68	8.05 m (year 1996)	Oak	Hüinghausen	NW	7.41 m (year 2000)	200-400
69	8.02 m (year 2003)	Oak	Moischeid	HE	7.50 m (year 1997)	360-600
70	8.00 m (year 2008)	Oak	Schönfließ	BR	7.36 m (year 2008)	350-400
71	7.98 m (year 2008)	Oak	Hitchhike	BR	7.80 m (year 2008)	320-380
72	7.97 m (year 2003)	Hat oak	Raty	MV	-	350-500
73	7.96 m (year 2008)	Picture oak	Albertshausen	BY	6.97 m (year 2001)	350-600
74	7.93 m (year 2003)	Hat oak	Raty	MV	-	360-500
75	7.92 m (year 2001)	Imperial oak	Feeding lake	BY	7.56 m (year 2003)	350-500
76	7.88 m (year 2014)	Millennial oak	Neuenschmidten 50 ° 19 ′ 9.9 ″  N , 9 ° 17 ′ 5.1 ″  E	HE	7.85 m (year 2014)	400-500
77	7.86 m (year 2001)	Oak	Tannheim	BW	7.48 m (year 2001)	480-600
78	7.85 m (year 1994)	Oak	Big snow	NI	7.50 m (year 2001)	280-350
79	7.80 m (year 2007)	Oak Klostersee	Grönwohldshorst	SH	-	300
80	7.77 m (year 2001)	Oak	Flehm	SH	7.72 m (year 2002)	400-550
81	7.74 m (year 2003)	Oak	Raben Steinfeld	MV	7.50 m (year 1999)	300-380
82	7.68 m (year 2002)	Engagement oak	Laubach (Diemelstadt)	HE	7.50 m (year 2001)	300-400
83	7.66 m (year 2003)	Oak	Raben Steinfeld	MV	7.60 m (year 1999)	300-380
84	7.60 m (year 2007)	Oak	Egenburgerhof	BY	7.55 m (year 2007)	400-500
85	7.65 m (year 2000)	Frederick oak	Hasbruch	NI	-	1200
86	7.51 m (year 1999)	Oak	Thurmgut	TH	7.61 m (year 2007)	370-380
87	7.51 m (year 2008)	Trinity oak	Aschach	BY	7.46 m (year 2009)	300-400

See also

• List of the thickest beeches in Germany
• List of the thickest fruit trees in Germany
• List of the thickest sequoia trees in Germany
• List of the thickest fir trees in Germany
• Striking and old tree specimens
• List of oaks in Europe with a trunk circumference of ten meters or more
• Tree Register of the British Isles

literature

• Bernd Ullrich, Stefan Kühn, Uwe Kühn: Our 500 oldest trees: Exclusively from the German Tree Archives . BLV Buchverlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8354-0376-5 .
• Stefan Kühn, Bernd Ullrich, Uwe Kühn: Germany's old trees . BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8354-0183-9 .
• Hans Joachim Fröhlich : Old lovable trees in Germany . Cornelia Ahlering Verlag, Buchholz 2000, ISBN 3-926600-05-5 .
• Jeroen Pater : Europe's old trees, your stories, your secrets . Kosmos, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-440-12368-3 , pp. 192 .

Web links

• German tree archive
• Champion Trees
• Monumental oaks

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bernd Ullrich, Stefan Kühn, Uwe Kühn: Our 500 oldest trees: Exclusively from the German Tree Archives . BLV Buchverlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8354-0376-5 .
2. ↑ Jeroen Pater : Europe's old trees, their stories, their secrets . Kosmos, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-440-12368-3 , pp. 192 .
3. ↑ Bernd Ullrich, Stefan Kühn, Uwe Kühn: Our 500 oldest trees: Exclusively from the German Tree Archives . BLV Buchverlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8354-0376-5 , p. 14 .
4. ↑ Neuenschmidten - A list of the most monumental oaks in Germany. With measured values ​​(circumference, height, crown diameter) for the individual oaks and further information (description, history, location). Retrieved January 21, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Millennial oak at Eisenhammer Castle. Retrieved January 21, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Natural monuments (Ostholstein district) ( Memento from December 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 5.9 MB) p. 25

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