Tanz-Kastanie Hitzacker

The dancing chestnut in Hitzacker (Torso; 2008)

The Hitzacker dance chestnut , also known as the giant chestnut , was a protected natural monument in Hitzacker (Elbe) , a town in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district in Lower Saxony .

The chestnut , whose age is given as 258-300 years, was a symbol of the city for many years. It had a circumference of 4.40 meters and a crown diameter of about 30 meters.

In the summer of 2012 the dance chestnut broke apart. A torso is documented photographically for the year 2008.

The chestnut is (no longer) included in the list of natural monuments in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district .

See also

• List of prominent and old tree specimens # Niedersachsen - Kastanien

Web links

• Tanz-Kastanie Hitzacker on alte-baeume-der-heide.de
• † Giant chestnut to Hitzacker on baumkunde.de
• View of a dancing tree on the Elbe , article by Karen Nölle-Fischer in July 2000 on elbtour2000.de

Coordinates: 53 ° 9 '10.8 "  N , 11 ° 2' 38.1"  E