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Forst an der Weinstraße

Jesuitenmandel Almond Tree in Forst

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Jesuitenmandel Almond Tree in Forst

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  • Location: Forst an der Weinstraße, Landkreis Bad Dürkheim, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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    February 21, 2021

    Cycling

    The Jesuit mother is usually the first almond tree to bloom in the Palatinate.
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    March 11, 2023

    Hiking

    If you want to experience the beautiful bloom, you have to plan it early... with climate change, the bloom starts about 2 weeks earlier than was usual for many years... the beginning of March was also right this year (2023)... and it's worth it itself.
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    May 5, 2025

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    "[This almond tree] takes its name from the Jesuitengarten vineyard there, where Jesuit monasteries owned land from the 18th century onwards. [...]
    The tree was just 1 meter tall when Peter Spindler from the Lindenhof winery in Forst planted it in 1975. After half a century, the Jesuit almond tree is about ten times as tall, and its trunk boasts a proud circumference of over two meters."


    The Forst tree stands "as a living testament to traditional Palatinate almonds. These varieties bloom more or less white and show at most a faint pink. [...]
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    Elevation 130 m

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    Location: Forst an der Weinstraße, Landkreis Bad Dürkheim, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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