A sign at the site explains that the Celts considered trees important living beings and attributed special properties to them. The Tree of Life Circle takes up this concept and presents different tree species, each symbolically assigned to a specific time of year, similar to a Celtic tree calendar.

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September 4, 2021

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A successful example of successful recultivation / renaturation in the course of brown coal opencast mining: the former waste dump has now become a destination for excursions.

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January 28, 2018

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A circle with many different tree species in the smallest space. Need to grow something but still nice.

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Location: Niederzier, Kreis Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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