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Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz

Helmut Oak

Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz

Alken

Helmut Oak

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Helmut Oak

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Location: Alken, Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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joetobn

September 7, 2020

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A quite stately oak and a very nice story ... You could also say: There are some oaks of this size in the valley, only under this there are two benches ...

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ein Uwe

July 20, 2020

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The "Helmuts-Eiche" got its name from a forest worker named Helmut. Between 1975 and 1980 the Bachweg from the "iron bridge" to Pfaffenheck was made wider for forestry purposes. While pushing the creek path, he cleared the space around the oak with his caterpillar vehicle. During his break he sat down by the oak and ate his sandwiches. His colleagues, who knew about it, then hung the sign there. The sign was made a few years ago by the "Heimatverein Alken e.V." renewed.

Source: historisches-alken.de/alken/59-markante-punkte-in-alken/130-helmuteiche-linkeiche

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Anne

May 29, 2022

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Well, to be honest, I expected more. Here is just a bench without a view. But every great tree starts small. The shield probably protects him from being felled.
Further down in the valley there is another oak with a nicer resting place

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