European beech Dresdner Heide
The red beech Dresdner Heide has been a natural monument ( ND 108) in the Dresdner Heide since the end of 2000 . The tree had reached a height of about 35 meters and a trunk circumference of 5.70 meters before it lost a considerable part of its crown due to undetected damage to the base of the crown as a result of a hurricane. Previously, the common beech ( Fagus sylvatica ) had a crown diameter of around 28 meters. At the time it was placed under protection, only the European beech behind the White Castle (ND 66) was a more powerful representative of the species.
geography
The tree is located in the north-eastern part of Dresden , relatively central in the Dresden Heath, which is designated as a landscape protection area. The location is about 150 meters northwest of the intersection of Radeberger Straße with aisle 8. In front of the Kronenbruch, the striking tree stood out from its surroundings.
At the Sachsenforst state enterprise , this location in the Dresden forest district belongs to the Langebrück district, forest department 109.
history
The age of the European beech was estimated to be around 250 years in 2000, so the tree originated in the middle of the 18th century. At that time it showed, “[t] spit its monumentality”, “a healthy crown, hardly any broken branches and no rot or fungal attack.” The tree had already reached the maximum age of 250 to 300 years normally attainable for a European beech, but it worked still healthy, so that he was granted a long period of life. In December 2000, the state capital Dresden, as the lower nature conservation authority , issued an assessment decision to place the red beech under protection, including the fact that the only larger specimen in Dresden, the red beech behind the White Castle in Cossebaude , had already been damaged at this time. This was also intended to highlight “the outstanding nature conservation and woody value of the tree.” The protection area was set at 18 meters around the trunk.
An unrecognized Zwiesel damage, in connection with a hurricane in October 2002, resulted in the demolition of more than a third of the crown. Despite the pest infestation in the meantime, the tree could survive for several decades. As with the Political Beech in Kleditschgrund in Niederwartha , the broken wood represents a biotope for smaller animals as well as for fungi, lichens and algae.
Footnotes
- ↑ a b c d Short documentation of protected areas according to nature conservation law. In: Dresden themed city map. Retrieved June 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Notification of the designation of the “Red Beech - Dresdner Heide” as a natural monument , Green Space Office of the City of Dresden, December 22, 2000 ( online as PDF ; 1.3 MB).
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Coordinates: 51 ° 5 '53.5 " N , 13 ° 50' 59.2" E