Kroneneiche near Minzow

The crown oak on the road between Minzow and Röbel is well worth seeing.

These old trees are very imposing.

The Crown Oak stands near Minzow in the middle of the forest next to the Hagen Forester's House.
The forester's house was built at the end of the 19th century as a timber keeper's house and named after the grim Hagen, the first forester to look after the city forest.
The name "Kron" is derived from the Slavic word "crane."
It is unknown whether cranes once nested near or on the oak.
The oak stands within the territory of the town of Röbel, but in literature it is consistently attributed to Minzow.
The trunk, leaning to the northeast, begins strong and massive, then quickly tapers. The monumental trunk is heavily covered in moss, especially toward the road.
The oak has been struck by lightning several times. A lightning strike left a large gap on the south side, which was then closed with bricks.
Several gnarled branches extend from the trunk.
The lower branches are dead or broken off.
The relatively tall crown is quite irregular due to several broken branches.
The oak's vitality is still quite good. With a breast height circumference of 9.90 m,
the Crown Oak is one of the ten thickest oaks in Germany.monumentale-eichen.de/mecklenburg-vorpommern/minzow