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Groom's Oak

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Groom's Oak

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Groom's Oak

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Location: Eutin, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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August 24, 2022

The Dodauer forester's daughter (Mrs. Ohrt) and the son of a Leipzig chocolate manufacturer (Mr. Schütte-Felsche)
loved each other, but their parents didn't want them to get together. So they wrote letters that they
deposited in a knothole of the old oak. However, the parents were persuaded and the two married
in 1891, under the oak of course (of which a photo exists). More and more lovers used this in the period that followed
Astloch had to be hired to write letters until 1927 and the post office began to deliver letters here.
Since then, anyone who writes a contact ad or whatever to "Bräutigamseiche, Dodauer Forst, 23701 Eutin" has
his letter is deposited by the post office in the knothole. And anyone who wants and is interested can come and get letters
take out (and of course answer).

In the meantime, more than 5 marriages have demonstrably started on this unusual path and happen almost every day
Letters, sometimes from all over the world, up to 50 a day according to TV reports about the oak.

The oak is now more than 500 years old, has a circumference of 5 m, is 25 m high and has a crown 30 m wide. she got
already "doctored" and supported by arborists, but is healthy again today. In their environment is the tawny owl
a frequent visitor, other ancient trees stand in the surrounding beautiful forest.

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JR56

August 16, 2021

The old oak tree in the Dodauer Forest even has its own postal address.
And this is how it happened:
The Dodauer forester's daughter (Mrs. Ohrt) and the son of a Leipzig chocolate manufacturer (Mr. Schütte-Felsche) loved each other, but their parents did not want them to be together. So they wrote each other letters, which they deposited in a knothole in the old oak tree. However, their parents were persuaded to change their minds and the two married in 1891, under the oak tree of course.

More and more lovers subsequently used the knothole to write letters until a ladder had to be installed in 1927 and the post office began to deliver letters here.

Since then, the rule has been: anyone who writes a personal ad or whatever to “Groom's Oak, Dodauer Forest, 23701 Eutin” will have their letter deposited in the knothole by the post office.
And anyone who wants and is interested can come and take out letters (and answer them, of course).

It has been proven that more than 10 marriages have now been initiated in this unusual way and letters are received almost daily, sometimes from all over the world; according to television reports about the oak, up to 50 a day.
The oak is now over 500 years old, has a circumference of 5 m, is 25 m high and the crown is 30 m wide. It has already been "treated" and supported by tree surgeons. The tawny owl is a frequent visitor in its vicinity, and other ancient trees stand in the surrounding beautiful forest.
And an interesting custom is said to be maintained here occasionally: if a girl walks around the tree three times in the full moonlight, silently and without laughing, and thinks of her lover, she will get married within a year.

P.S.: Important scenes from the cult film "Immenhof" were filmed at the nearby forester's house! Japanese, Chinese, English and Italian television teams have also filmed at the oak tree.

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Rüdiger M

December 2, 2024

The Groom Oak is an oak tree near the Dodau forester's lodge in the Dodauer Forest near Eutin in Schleswig-Holstein. For a long time, it was the only tree in the world with its own postal address and brings people wishing to marry into contact via a dead letterbox in a knothole.

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1. Bräutigamseiche – View of Großer Plöner See loop from Eutin

2. Eutin Lakeside Promenade – Schloss Eutin loop from Fegetasche

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