Thousand-Year-Old Oak of Ivenack – Ivenack Oaks loop from Ivenacker Eichen

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Thousand-Year-Old Oak of Ivenack – Ivenack Oaks loop from Ivenacker Eichen

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Thousand-Year-Old Oak of Ivenack – Ivenack Oaks loop from Ivenacker Eichen

02:45

10.8km

40m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: August 18, 2026

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3.02 km

Metal Sculpture of the Ivenack Oak

Highlight • Monument

This metal sculpture shows the original trunk circumference of the 1,000-year-old tree "Ivenacker Eiche": 10.96 meters! 🌳🪵👍🏼

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3.06 km

Thousand-Year-Old Oak of Ivenack

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Very impressive and incredibly old.

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3.34 km

Ivenack Oaks

Highlight • Natural Monument

Very beautiful landscape park Ivenacker Eichen between Ivenack and Stavenhagen.
Very beautiful old oak trees, a small baroque pavilion in the park.
With a treetop path since 2017.
More information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivenacker_Eichen and wald-mv.de/Forstaemter/Stavenhagen/Baumkronenpfad

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4.04 km

Kopfweiden Observation Point and Rest Area

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4.17 km

Lieschen's Grave Memorial

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Great park with old trees.

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5.16 km

Horse Head Oak (Pedunculate Oak)

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Another monument of nature. But here you can see quite clearly that the oak trees have reached their lifespan. Nevertheless: impressive! 😃

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5.67 km

Ivenack Oaks

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A great place with beautiful, old trees

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6.62 km

Avenue in Ivenack Castle Park

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A small but nice avenue of trees. Especially in spring and summer it is a beautiful photo spot.

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10.8 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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6.48 km

3.38 km

456 m

420 m

Surfaces

4.48 km

4.22 km

1.86 km

150 m

< 100 m

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Weather

Sunday 11 October

13°C

6°C

12 %

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Comments

February 23, 2023,Ivenacker See und Ivenacker Eichen

In January and February you do not pay admission to visit the oaks and then you can park for free

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July 1, 2023,Ivenack 》 82./2023 🌳🪵🍔🦌 Ivenacker Eichen

On the occasion of my mother-in-law's 80th birthday on Monday, my wife and I traveled yesterday afternoon to Waren (Müritz), in the old Mecklenburg-Western Pomeranian homeland of my "First Lady" for an extended WE. The still dry Saturday morning (unfortunately heavy rain set in in the afternoon, accompanied by gusty winds, which more or less canceled the planned hiking tour …

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October 24, 2021,1000 jährige Eiche🌳

The Ivenack oaks are a very attractive hiking destination. The oldest tree is said to be 1000 years old, making it one of the oldest oaks in Europe.

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December 11, 2024,Ivenack - Eichen, Schloß & Seeumrundung

Today it's grey again, but that shouldn't stop me from going on this trip!

I saved the entrance fee at the oak trees today because the ticket booth was unoccupied and locked, but the revolving gate was open!

Later I met a woman and asked if that was OK and she said yes!

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September 12, 2023,Ivenacker Eichen 🌳

The Ivenack English oaks, also known as thousand-year-old oaks, are among the oldest in Europe. They are said to be 800 to 1,300 years old. The mightiest of the Ivenack oaks has a trunk circumference at chest height of over eleven meters and a height of 35.5 meters. The wood mass is given as 180 cubic meters. This makes it …

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September 29, 2021,Ivenack: 1000jährige Ivenacker Eichen, leider ohne Baumkronenpfad

We were lucky = we passed Hamburg with almost no traffic jams, so we made a spontaneous stop at the Ivenack oaks. We first walk around the lake, which is well hidden behind the dense greenery, and after a moor-like alder forest we come to the zoo area with its famous oak trees.

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