フォルマースヴァイラーの天然記念物・トップ20

This oak was most likely "planted during the Thirty Years' War, which ravaged Germany from 1618 to 1648". Source (quoted verbatim): Information board on site

The view of the Rhine plain - with delicious Palatinate specialties - is ALWAYS part of our vacation for us. We have been coming to the Palatinate for many years and our very first trip has often been to Landeck!

At the same time as the renovation in 2010, the exterior of the tower was designed by the artist Karl Heinz Zwick. The six-part installation made of steel patinated with gold dust entitled "The Golden Rose Bush" is a poetic homage drawn in steel to the "fairytale village of Dörrenbach". Source: Information board

A very nice place in the Bienwald with a bench to linger

Due to its freedom, this oak was able to develop into a mighty tree. It is about 300 to 350 years old and the circumference of 5.5m is impressive.

During the Second World War, the anti-tank ditch was to be used, together with other barrier structures, as a tank barrier and to stop the French advance. Today a beautiful biotope with a bench to linger.

Very nice relic and very relaxing to sit there.

The Bismarck oak commemorates the first Chancellor of the Reich, Prince Otto von Bismarck, who introduced social insurance (health, accident and pension insurance) in Germany at the end of the 19th century. The Bismarck oak was able to develop into a mighty tree due to its free-standing position in the area of the former "Westwall line". It is now around 300 to 350 years old and its circumference at breast height is around 5.50 m. In addition to the still vital Bismarck oak, there was also an "Imperial Oak", an "Emperor's Oak", a "Hindenburg Oak" and a "Luitpolde Oak" in the past. These trees died in the last century at a great age and can no longer be found. Source: https://www.kuladig.de/Objektansicht/KLD-302336