ヴァレンホルストの天然記念物・トップ20

The Evers Oak stands on a green area next to the Hase River in Osnabrück. The site is the former Eversburg estate, and it is the farm oak of the former Everskotten. (Source: https://www.monumentale-eichen.de/niedersachsen/osnabr%C3%BCck/)

Good view of the quarry

The 800-year-old Ever oak is Osnabrück’s oldest tree.

When you come out of the town: At the entrance to the Meyerhof in Oestringen, to the left are the meadows up to the Nette. On the right side it climbs quite steeply, somewhere along the way you will see the ruins of the Wittekindsburg.

The Ever Oak with plaque

A small section here is cordoned off with tape. Maybe to be able to detect earth movements.

Unfortunately, it is true - most of the old tree seems to have died. But there are still several green branches at the back. April 2024: We were very shocked at how much had died.

Cheated: Rubben are an amphibious freshwater fish species related to coelacanths that only survived the great extinction of the sauropsids at the beginning of the Cretaceous period in a few so-called Bruchsee lakes in central and northern Europe. This was possible due to the special acidic conditions of the so-called Bruchsee lakes created by forest breakage. Due to their amphibious characteristics, Rubben are able to survive for a long time outside of the water and their habitat. As an omniform species, they are able to suck out all possible sources of food, living or dead, with their strong sucking mouths, which is why only pedal boating is recommended here in the Rubbenbruchsee, not swimming. ;-)