A sad sight

The famous Napoleons oak in the small city of Calau has been nearly completely deprived of its crown. Merely by chance we discovered what had happened last week, when, at the end of a bicycle tour on Saturday 23rd through the southern parts of Brandenburg, we came to see this tree again. Like many times before, because the train station is a good start and ending point for our trips. That is, why we visited this majestic oak more than most of the other of thousands of remarkable trees of Brandenburg in the past 20 years.
No storm or declining vitality did the job but tree expert reports and chainsaws. We cannot judge ourselves whether this radical treatment was really necessary or their may have still been an alternative. But sulphur shelf (Laetiporus sulphureus) and Phellinus robustus corroded the trunk in the years after 1990, when the oak was damaged severely by lightning. A couple of photos of this monumental oak, to remember its beauty.


Napoleoneiche Calau Juli 2008
A broad crown in July 2008.

Napoleoneiche Calau August 2012
August 2012 the crown had been cut.

Napoleoneiche Calau Juni 2017
Till June 2017 more cutting.

Napoleoneiche Calau März 2019
November 2019, eight month after the radical cutting in March 2019.


Napoleoneiche Calau März 2019
What they did in March 2019.

Napoleoneiche Calau November 2019
November 2019.


Napoleoneiche Calau März 2005 Napoleoneiche Calau März 2019
März 2005 und März 2019.


Napoleoneiche Calau Mai 2010
Great habit, May 2010.

Napoleoneiche Calau Januar 2017
After several cuttings in January 2017.

Napoleoneiche Calau März 2019
March 2019...

Napoleoneiche Calau November 2019
November 2019!


Napoleoneiche Calau August 2012 Napoleoneiche Calau März 2019
August 2012 and March 2019.


Napoleoneiche Calau Mai 2010
Complete in every respect, May 2010.

Napoleoneiche Calau Juni 2017
Still a sight for sore eyes, June 2017.

Napoleoneiche Calau März 2019
March 2019...

Napoleoneiche Calau März 2019
November 2019...

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