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Thousand-Year-Old Oak (Nagel)

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Thousand-Year-Old Oak (Nagel)

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Location: Küps, Kronach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Wolfgang

March 22, 2021

Imposing oak, located about 100m away from the road.

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HoffiKC

May 18, 2024

This is really an impressive tree, which is very rarely seen in Germany when it is this old and strong. Trunk circumference is around 9 m.

The trunk circumference is difficult to measure because the tree is on a steep slope.

It looks even bigger in reality than in the photos. The deeply grooved bark that extends far up the trunk is impressive.

See de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tausendj%C3%A4hrige_Eiche_(Schloss_Nagel)

and

nationalerbe-baeume.de/project/1000-jaehrige-stiel-eiche-in-nagel-bei-kueps

The short detour from the hiking trail to the tree is around 50 m and is definitely worth it.

Please note that the path to the tree is unsuitable for people with walking difficulties, wheelchair users and cyclists. They have to wait on the lovely little bench by the road.

The history of the tree is explained on an information board along the way.

Whether the tree is really 1000 years old is, in my opinion, unimportant, because it is certainly a few centuries old.

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Wanderwoman🥾🐾🎒

May 31, 2024

Simply super beautiful, mega impressive and imposing!

If this oak tree could talk... just before the small path to the oak tree, there is a nice little rest area opposite.

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Location: Küps, Kronach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Thousand-Year-Old Oak (Nagel)

1. Alte Kemenate Castle Nagel – Cellar at the Old Oak loop from Redwitz (Rodach)

2. Old English Telephone Booth – Alte Kemenate Castle Nagel loop from Oberlangenstadt

3. Old English Telephone Booth – Alte Kemenate Castle Nagel loop from Oberlangenstadt

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