Pacifier tree

Pacifier tree in Aarhus ( Denmark )

Detail of the pacifier tree in the children's clinic at the Dresden University Hospital

A pacifier tree is used for simpler pacifier -Entwöhnung an infant . It can be both a real tree in the wild as well as a symbolic replica that is mostly in closed rooms.

Idea and origin

The idea of ​​the pacifier tree originally came from Denmark . The oldest known pacifier tree has been on the Danish island of Thurø since the 1920s . Small children can hang up their pacifiers on designated trees in public parks and amusement parks (including the Tivoli Park in Copenhagen ) to make it easier to remove them. In addition to numerous trees on private land, in August 2005 the city of Münster released an American red oak at the Coerdeplatz playground for “first pacification”. So far there are only a few cities in Germany that have designated trees in their parks according to this Danish custom . In some clinics, such as in Bremen , Frankfurt am Main , Karlsruhe or Dresden, as well as in kindergartens or dental practices , (replicated) trees are increasingly being set up.

If possible, children up to the age of 24 months should be weaned from the pacifier, as continued sucking can lead to misalignments of teeth , jaws and tongue, as well as the resulting speech defects, and breathing through the mouth increases the risk of caries and colds.

The idea is that the child combines the otherwise rather problematic separation from the pacifier with a positive experience, as they can visit the pacifier tree at any time and in this way also be introduced to nature. It sees that other children have also given their pacifiers. The farewell is often accompanied by regular children's parties; the organizers provide lifting platforms for hanging up the pacifier , with which the child can hang his pacifier on a branch. Afterwards they usually receive a small gift or a certificate.

Public locations in Germany

image	city	Location	inauguration	Tree species
	Dresden	University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (at the playground, between neurology and house 19)
	Bielefeld	Olderdissen home zoo
	Dortmund	Westfalenpark in front of the Rainbow House (On Dental Health Day (25.9.) There is a regular "weaning party".)
	Berlin	Treptow-Köpenick , FEZ Wuhlheide , main entrance An der Wuhlheide	May 12, 2006	Ironwood tree (Parrotia persica)
	Fulda	Hundeshagen facility, children's playground	June 2009	Cornelian cherry
	Gelsenkirchen	Gelsenkirchen-Buer , Berger facilities playground	October 2007
	Goettingen	Cheltenham Park	May 6, 2010	60 year old plane tree
	Hanover	Friendship grove Stöckener road, Friendship Hain Large Patrol ⊙ , Friendship Hain Silver Street, Friendship grove Fössegrünzug ⊙ , Friendship Grove City cemetery Ricklingen , Friendship grove Bemeroder Anger, Friendship Hain Hermann-Ehlers-Allee, Friendship grove Steigerthal road	2009
	Hoyerswerda	zoo
	Karlsruhe	Municipal Clinic
	Cologne	Rheinpark	May 16, 2007	one "female" and one "male" paper mulberry tree (Broussonetia papyrifera)
	Lübeck	Dragerpark , St. Gertrud	September 2014	Ash
	Mannheim	Luisenpark , landing stage of the gondolettas Festhalle Baumhain	around 2006	pasture
	Mülheim an der Ruhr	Playground in the Witthausbusch		European beech
	Imperial Palace	Memleben adventure park	April 2015	Corkscrew willow
	Muenster	Coerdeplatz playground	August 2005	Red oak (Quercus rubra)
	Bad Harzburg	Harz National Park	August 13, 2010	Sycamore maple
	Ratingen	Beamtengäßchen / Wallstrasse playground
	Witten	Hohenstein , across from the petting zoo	September 2008	plane
	Munich	English Garden / Maximiliansanlagen, next to the playground at the Bavarian State Parliament between Grütznerstrasse and Sckellstrasse	before 2007	Young ash bushes
	Missunde	Pacifier tree at the Missunde loop in Schleswig-Holstein	May 5, 2007	chestnut
	Landau	In the park of the Vinzentius hospital	August 13, 2011
	Pforzheim	In the Pforzheim Wildlife Park in the children's farm	2010	Pigeon house
	Bremen	Park of the St. Joseph-Stift Hospital		Sweet chestnut
	King Wusterhausen	Pushkin street corner Friedenstraße Zeesen	04/04/2012	Vinegar tree
	Schwarzach	Schwarzach wildlife park	04/24/2016	Pacifier hedgehog
	Wangen in the Allgäu	Argenauweg 10 http://www.schnullerbaum.org	5.4.2008	Chestnut tree
	Winsen (Luhe)	Rathausstrasse - right in front of the family office of the city of Winsen (Luhe)	04/21/2013	Ash maple
	Pulheim - Brauweiler	Brauweiler Abbey , cloister garden		Black alder

Pacifier fairy

Occasionally there is a coupling of the pacifier tree with a pacifier fairy, which is played by an actress at the festive events. Usually, the pacifier fairy - in Germany as a more traditional weaning variant - is a fictional figure who swaps the child's pacifier for a gift without being noticed. In both variants, the tree and the pacifier fairy, great importance is attached to the child's willingness to submit. Since children often want larger or more expensive toys, the fulfillment of these wishes is a special incentive to voluntarily exchange the pacifier with the pacifier fairy.

Picture gallery

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  Aarhus

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  Munster (1.)

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  Munster (2.)

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  Stockholm Djurgården

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  Brauweiler Abbey

Web links

Commons : Pacifier Trees  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Image of the Copenhagen soother tree on photo community

Individual evidence

1. ↑ And friend comforts “Schnullerbaum” every day - press release of the city of Münster from August 11, 2005, accessed on May 10, 2010
2. ↑ weg-vom-schnuller.de - when is the right time? Retrieved May 10, 2010
3. ↑ Westfalenpark: Dortmund gets a pacifier tree - All the news - News portal - Living in Dortmund - City portal dortmund.de. In: www.dortmund.de. Retrieved August 25, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Pacifier tree  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press release of the City of Berlin from May 12, 2006, accessed on May 7, 2010  
5. ↑ Fulda: First pacifier tree in Fulda in the Hundeshagenanlage ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press release dated June 17, 2009, accessed May 7, 2010 
6. ↑ City of Gelsenkirchen: Pacifier tree makes it easier to say goodbye to the "Nucki"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press release of the City of Gelsenkirchen, accessed on May 10, 2010  
7. ^ "Schnullerbaum" for Göttingen , in: Welt Online from May 7, 2010, accessed on May 7, 2010
8. ^ "Schnullerbäume" for Cologne , press release of the City of Cologne from May 11, 2007, accessed on May 7, 2010
9. ↑ Lübeck's first pacifier tree Lübecker Nachrichten online edition of September 10, 2014, accessed on June 20, 2015
10. ↑ Pacifier alarm in Witthausbusch. City of Mülheim an der Ruhr, August 8, 2011, accessed on August 10, 2015 . 
11. ↑ Ratingen Children's and Youth Office ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 7, 2010 
12. ↑ The pacifier tree calls again. WAZ , November 7, 2008, accessed June 22, 2015 . 
13. ↑ Photo of the Missunde pacifier tree
14. ↑ News about the Pacifier Tree of the Vinzentius Hospital ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
15. ^ Wildpark Schwarzach: Even after 50 years a "magnet". In: www.rnz.de. Retrieved May 30, 2016 .