List of the thickest fruit trees in Germany

Pear tree on Lerchenberg - trunk circumference (waist) 4.56 meters

The list of the thickest fruit trees in Germany names fruit trees whose trunk circumference according to the German Tree Archives exceeds a specified size. At a height of one meter, or measured at the point of the smallest circumference, the limit area for chestnuts ( Castanea ) is five meters , for apples ( Malus ), pears ( Pyrus ), cherries ( Prunus avium ) and walnuts ( Juglandaceae ) it is four meters. From this point onwards, the German Tree Archive classifies the respective fruit trees as nationally significant . Because of the nut fruit , chestnuts and walnuts are among the fruit trees. For each of the 42 fruit trees, the location, the federal state, the two sizes and the estimated age are given.

Explanation

• Location: Provides the location of the fruit tree.
• Country: Abbreviation and flag of the federal state in which the fruit tree is located.
• Trunk circumference (one meter high): states the trunk circumference of the fruit tree measured one meter above the ground and the year of the measurement. Fruit trees of this size have an increase in circumference of around one to two per year, in extreme cases up to three centimeters, depending on the site conditions, growth habit, climate, trunk shape and biographical facts.
• Circumference (waist): states the circumference of the trunk at the point of its smallest diameter (waist) and the year of measurement.
• Age (estimated): Gives the estimated age of the fruit tree. The age estimate is based on the size of the trunk, the location and the historical records.
• Comment: Gives a brief note on the growth habit of the trunk or the crown.

Fruit trees

Apple

place	country	Trunk circumference (one meter high)	Circumference (waist)	Age (estimated)	comment
Meierhof	BY	5.42 m (year 2008)	5.42 m (year 2008)	180-320	Hollow trunk, only a few branches
Stubbendorf	MV	4.52 m (year 2006)	3.78 m (year 2007)	190-320	Broken trunk, destroyed crown

pear

place	country	Trunk circumference (one meter high)	Circumference (waist)	Age (estimated)	comment
Ateritz	ST	4.30 m (year 2001)	-	180-280	Splitting the trunk, caused by lightning
Bamberg	BW	4.17 m (year 2006)	4.04 m (year 2002)	140-180	Strong, oval crown
Bobenneukirchen	SN	4.33 m (year 2008)	3.68 m (year 2008)	190-230	Open, hollow trunk
Boek	MV	5.17 m (year 2003)	-	150-230	low set crown, through stem capping
Dessau (Bavarian pear)	ST	4.50 m (year 2008)	4.50 m (year 2008)	120-150	Three logs off the ground
Freckenfeld	RP	4.40 m (year 2003)	4.45 m (year 2001)	120-225	Divided trunk
Grambow (old wooden pear on Welziner Weg)	MV	6.90 m (year 2006)	6.20 m (year 2006)	240-350	Once two-stemmed, only stem relic
Greßthal pear tree on Lerchenberg	BY	4.62 m (year 2008)	4.56 m (year 2008)	150-240	solid and evenly grown trunk
Hambach	BY	4.64 m (year 2008)	4.62 m (year 2008)	-	Trimmed trunk with new shoots
Small villas	BW	5.40 m (year 2008)	5.37 m (year 2008)	150-200	Two-core, formerly two grafts
Mittenwald	BY	5.00 m (year 2008)	4.40 m (year 2008)	180-260	Twisted, tuberous trunk
Oberteisendorf	BY	3.95 m (year 2008)	3.68 m (year 2008)	150-200	Cider pear, with a broader than high crown
Schwemmelsbach	BY	4.62 m (year 2008)	4.56 m (year 2008)	150-180	Free-standing pear with a large crown
St. Georgen	BY	5.50 m (year 2006)	5.45 m (year 2006)	200-275	Large pear with an irregular stem
Utzdorf	BR	5.03 m (year 2006)	4.84 m (year 2006)	220-270	Trunk split in two
hamlet	BW	4.55 m (year 2006)	4.51 m (year 2001)	240-275	Inside heavily rotten trunk with several axes

chestnut

place	country	Trunk circumference (one meter high)	Circumference (waist)	Age (estimated)	comment
Borgholz	NW	5.28 m (year 2002)	-	200-260	Trunk with two axes, supported
Bodelschwingh House	NW	7.54 m (year 2001)	6.97 m (year 2000)	180-240	Side branch emerging from the base of the trunk close to the ground
Christian Mill	HE	5.80 m (year 2006)	5.40 m (year 2001)	220-260	Trunk grown into masonry
Hohenfinow	BR	5.86 m (year 2005)	5.86 m (year 2007)	170-200	Trunk with six branches branching out close to the ground, multi-core
Good Horst	SH	7.34 m (year 2008)	7.26 m (year 2008)	170-200	Five-core trunk, called the five-brothers tree
Mainz	RP	5.13 m (year 2008)	4.93 m (year 2008)	-	Strong chestnut with a large crown
Nieder-Erlenbach	HE	-	5.10 m (year 1999)	200-250	Tall, even trunk
Little Nemerow	MV	5.03 m (year 2003)	-	160-200	Tall, even trunk
Ockenheim	RP	5.08 m (year 2006)	4.94 m (year 2001)	200-250	Barrel-shaped trunk
Toast	SH	5.30 m (year 2000)	-	160-220	Thickest natural monument in the district
House Ruhr	NW	6.16 m (year 2004)	-	240-300	Slightly sloping trunk, spherical crown
Schröck	HE	5.38 m (year 2003)	5.02 m (year 2000)	200-310	Hollow trunk with cleft opening
hamlet	BW	7.04 m (year 2010)	6.62 m (year 2010)	250-450	Low crown
Rothspalk	MV	5.80 m (year 2012)	5.80 m (year 2012)	200-250	lightning strike

cherry

place	country	Trunk circumference (one meter high)	Circumference (waist)	Age (estimated)	comment
Blofeld	HE	5.00 m (year 2007)	4.91 m (year 2007)	160-200	Germany's thickest bird cherry
Dams	NI	4.52 m (year 2006)	4.47 m (year 2007)	120-150	Three stem tree
Green angle	BW	2.95 m (year 2005)	2.89 m (year 2005)	100-110	Crown is held with supports
Kieselbronn	BW	3.70 m (year 2003)	3.65 m (year 2008)	150	Nicely grown cherry
Large villas	BW	2.70 m (year 2015)	2.65 m (year 2015)	90-100	Beautiful cherry tree

nut

place	country	Trunk circumference (one meter high)	Circumference (waist)	Age (estimated)	comment
Cappenberg Castle	NW	-	4.56 m (year 2004)	200-230	High stem hickory nut
Ebnet Castle	BW	6.40 m (year 2000)	6.57 m (year 2004)	160-170	probably the thickest black walnut in Europe
Kirchhellen	NW	3.33 m (year 2003)	-	120-150	Oblique growth with cavity in the trunk
Mainz	RP	3.80 m (year 2008)	3.80 m (year 2008)	130-160	branched, low-set crown
Niedersonthofen	BY	4.79 m (year 2008)	4.79 m (year 2008)	160-180	three axes, set low
Oelinghausen Monastery	NW	4.02 m (year 2001)	-	120-150	Trunk overgrown with ivy
Todtnau	BW	4.15 m (year 2006)	4.15 m (year 2006)	150-200	all branches cut, new shoots
Waldkirchen	BY	4.57 m (year 2006)	4.57 m (year 2006)	140-180	tall trunk, rotten branches

See also

• List of the thickest beeches in Germany
• List of the thickest oak trees in Germany
• List of the thickest sequoia trees in Germany
• List of the thickest fir trees in Germany
• Striking and old tree specimens

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 .

Web links

• German tree archive

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. ↑ "† Pear near Grambow" in the tree register, at www.baumkunde.de
3. ↑ "Nowadays the trees are rare"