ケーニヒスの森の天然記念物・トップ20

The nature trail in the Königsforst forest is a great way to get to know this large forest east of Cologne a little better. The path leads through a quiet section of the forest. Here you'll gain insights into the local flora and fauna. You'll learn about different tree species, animal tracks, and the characteristics of the forest floor.

Obviously one of the most stately trees in the Königsforst.

Very nice and easy to navigate path 🤙

There is a lot of information about the forest to learn

Further information about the Kaisereiche 👇 https://königsforst.net/kaisereiche,45,3.html

<< Imperial oak in the Königsforst >> "At the intersection of the Pionier-Hüttenweg and the Brück-Forsbacher Weg as well as other paths within the Königsforst there is an "Imperial oak". This tree today, which is probably around 100 years old, stands in the immediate vicinity of the original Imperial oak. The location is referred to in the Prussian original survey of 1844 as "On the seven paths". Imperial oaks were planted all over the German Empire, especially around 1900, posthumously as a memory of Kaiser Wilhelm I on his 100th birthday. In 1908 the approximately eight-year-old tree, still without a crown (Heister), was planted as the first Imperial oak in the Mülheim am Rhein district. This first tree died after the First World War due to tree vandalism, probably committed by French occupation soldiers for shooting practice. The tree that has been preserved today grew in the immediate vicinity. In a 1932 list of natural monuments in the Königsforst the oak is not yet listed. In the topographical maps and hiking maps, the oak was given the name "Kaisereiche" after the Second World War and is now a natural monument. This means that a continuity of the location can be recorded and a tree that does not come from the original conscious planting and at the same time assigned meaning, but has been given this new meaning through tradition. In addition to the ecological significance as a physically existing natural monument, this associative dimension is also important for the assessment of the Kaisereiche as an intangible cultural asset, as it has an assigned meaning. Furthermore, it is a solitary tree that develops a visually clear spatial effect within the forestry environment. The tree has historical testimony value as a cultural attribution through the contemporary context of the emperor's veneration before 1914." (Peter Burggraaff, University of Koblenz-Landau and Klaus-Dieter Kleefeld, LVR editorial team KuLaDig, 2015) https://www.kuladig.de/Objektansicht/O-122689-20150427-2

A very beautiful old oak tree. I'm very excited when the tree starts to bloom in spring.

On the way through the Königsforst, a forest area in the south of the city, which is particularly suitable as a shady hiking area in summer, depending on the route you take, you will also come to the highest point within the city of Cologne, the so-called Monte after its "discoverers". Troodelöh (Troost, Dedden & Löhmer). The fact that the forestry administration has removed the summit cross placed here can be classed as sacrilegious... a stone boulder now marks the - in itself unspectacular - measuring point.