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Kamelleboom (Historic Hollow Tree Stump and Boundary Stones)

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Kamelleboom (Historic Hollow Tree Stump and Boundary Stones)

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Kamelleboom (Historic Hollow Tree Stump and Boundary Stones)

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Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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2. Heimerzheim Castle – Iron Man loop from Alfter-Impekoven

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3. Stresemannufer – Mondorf–Graurheindorf Ferry loop from Sechtem

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Elmi unterwegs 😎

April 19, 2019

At this old crossroads in the forest, the border between Bornheim and Alfter was once marked by a tree, the remains of which (slowly decaying) still remain here. The completely hollowed-out tree trunk stands a little way off and only has a certain stability because it has been completely filled with concrete from the inside. The Kamelleboom is said to have stood here from 1477 to 1977. In 1978 a new tree was planted. However, it will still need a few hundred years before it can reach the size and size of the old tree!
The old tree is said to have received its name "Kamelleboom" because children were said to have had sweets rained down on their heads when they stuck their heads in the hollow of the old tree trunk. According to tradition, this was an old custom. When the farmers' wives from the villages on the Swist came back through the forest in the evening on foot from the Roisdorf station of the Bonn-Cologne railway and sold their fruit and vegetables there, their children would regularly come to meet them, hoping for sweets. The women are said to have used the hollow trunk of the ancient tree to give the children the sweets they had brought with them. The children had to put their heads into the lower hollow of the tree, and the women then threw the sweets into the trunk from above and let them rain down on the children's heads.
In addition, some historical boundary stones from the forest area can also be seen at the crossroads.

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Stephan

June 20, 2023

Had wondered about the name and the good Elmi clarifies here already professionally. Exciting story and nice crossing.

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Michael Beyond ☮️

August 15, 2021

I don't know what else there is to add to Elmi's tip !? Thank you :)

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Kamelleboom (Historic Hollow Tree Stump and Boundary Stones)

1. Depression in Naturpark Rheinland – Lucretia Lake loop from Roisdorf

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3. Stresemannufer – Mondorf–Graurheindorf Ferry loop from Sechtem

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