Sumpfzypressenallee am Grillendamm

Sumpfzypressenallee am Grillendamm is a double row of North American bald cypress trees that extends along a historic street in Brandenburg an der Havel. The avenue runs past two prominent villas and creates a natural corridor through the urban area.

A city council member named Johann Gottfried Broese initiated the planting of bald cypress trees in 1841 and created a botanical corridor. The avenue received natural monument status in 1934 and has been protected since then.

The avenue displays a botanical link between North America and Europe, as these trees vanished from the European continent during ice ages. Visitors can experience a plant species that returned to this region only through human effort.

The avenue is freely accessible and suitable for walks throughout the year, with the trees being particularly striking in autumn. Visitors should know that regular maintenance such as pruning and tree stabilization is carried out to preserve this natural monument.

Fossil discoveries in mining areas of Lower Lusatia prove that these trees were once widespread in Europe during prehistoric times. This scientific evidence shows that bald cypress trees have returned to their former native region through human action after their ice age extinction.