Schinderwasenbuche
The Schinderwasenbuche was until 2008 one of the mightiest beeches ( Fagus sylvatica ) in southwest Germany. Their remains are near the village of Suppingen ( Laichingen municipality ) on the Blaubeurer Alb . It was considered a natural monument until it was destroyed .
The 150 to 200-year-old tree is located on the “Ascher Trieb” hill a few hundred meters south-east of the village. At the beginning of 2006 the trunk had a circumference of 7.32 meters and a crown over 30 meters high with a diameter of about 26 meters. The crown of the solitary tree, which was built on three trunk columns, was due to the wind-exposed location of the site at a height of 749 m above sea level. NHN (a wind turbine is in the neighborhood) was badly damaged by a storm in June 2008, although tethers were attached between the main branches to prevent strong movements. Today there is only one trunk torso left.
On the back a fourth trunk had broken out a long time ago. In this area the wood was already fungal and moldy in places. The traces of an earlier painting with tree sap can still be seen. The pronounced furrowing of the trunk suggests that several individual trees in the Schinderwasenbuche have grown together like the willow beech .
See also
literature
- Stefan Kühn, Bernd Ullrich, Uwe Kühn: Germany's old trees . 5th edition Munich 2007, page 139. ISBN 978-3-8354-0183-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wind lives heavily in Schinderwasenbuche in: Schwäbische Zeitung from June 24, 2008
Coordinates: 48 ° 27 '11.6 " N , 9 ° 43' 32.6" E