Mother oak

This article describes the tree near Hechingen. For the earlier tree near Magdeburg see Muttereiche (Magdeburg)

Natural monument "Mother Oak"
location	Hechingen , Zollernalbkreis , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Identifier	84170310225
Geographical location	48 ° 22 '  N , 8 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 22 '7 "  N , 8 ° 55' 50"  E
Sea level	523 m
Setup date	1995

The mother oak was a tree around 1300 years old near Hechingen in the Zollernalb district of Baden-Württemberg .

Mother Oak (2015)

The oak stood in the forest west of Hechingen-Stein towards Lindich Castle . Since 1995 the oak has been protected as a natural monument in the Middle Starzeltal landscape protection area.

In front of her was a formerly well- Thing-place of the Alemanni . With the advent of Christianity, the oak lost its importance. However, it can be assumed that the former Martinikirche, the oldest Christian church here, was a direct reference to Thing Square. This existed until the 19th century and was located at the intersection of the road to Lindich and the turn to the rifle house.

The destroyed tree (spring 2017)

In 2014 a large branch broke off the oak. In addition, the trunk was partially rotten and the bark had fallen off, but it still had large vital areas.

In autumn 2016, the last part of the top finally broke off. Only the imposing stump remains.

See also : List of natural monuments in Hechingen

See also

• Striking and old tree specimens

Web links

Commons : Mother realms  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Profile of the individual nature monument in the LUBW's list of protected areas
• Gerd Schollian: Hechingen: Ancient natural monument is near the end , Black Forest Bote, March 25, 2014

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gerd Schollian: Stein: "Mother Oak" is near the end. swp.de, March 25, 2014, accessed April 15, 2014 .