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Gießen District

Thick Oak (Rossbach)

Gießen District

Thick Oak (Rossbach)

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Thick Oak (Rossbach)

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Location: Bischoffen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Lahntal, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

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Marion Lorenz

July 12, 2016

Hiking

This Old Hute Oak is several hundred years old; At the panorama trail Aartalsee you can marvel at this splendid specimen.

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Horst (habe fertig)

September 16, 2018

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In the district of Rossbach there are many rustic old trees.
This one is the 'Thick Oak'.
monumentale-eichen.de/hessen/ro%C3%9Fbach

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Claudia🚶🏼‍♀️

November 14, 2022

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The thick oak is about 350 years old and stands in a meadow on the edge of a large open space in the village. The trunk, which has a circumference of 7.27m at breast height, breaks up into several strong branches at a height of 4-5m, which form the large crown.
Source: monumentale-eichen.de

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Elevation 330 m

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Location: Bischoffen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Lahntal, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

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