Giant sequoias near Kölpin, Natural monument in Demen, Germany

The two giant sequoias near Kölpin stand in a wooded area of the Sternberg Lake District Nature Park between Kölpin and Basthorst. The thicker tree exceeds 40 metres in height and has a trunk diameter of over 2 metres at one metre above ground. A wooden signpost on the path 350 metres east of the L 9 road marks the natural monument.

The trees were planted in the 1870s under estate owner Julius Hüniken and forester Heinrich Hagge, bringing California native species to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. This planting reflected a broader interest in exotic species among European forest managers of that era.

Local people call the two trees Adam and Eva. The memorial stone at their foot bears the inscription "In dankbarer Erinnerung an den Gutsförster Heinrich Hagge Kölpin 1875–1904", in grateful memory of the estate forester. The coat of arms of the municipality of Demen shows two crossed, red-gold burning tree trunks, which stand for the giant sequoias in the Kölpin forest.

The trees stand in forest between Kölpin and Basthorst, reached on foot via a path 350 metres west of the L 9 state road; wooden signposts mark the way. Two small ponds lie nearby, the larger called Schapwäsch.

The two sequoias are popularly called Adam and Eva. The pair also appears in the coat of arms of the municipality of Demen, where two crossed, red-gold burning tree trunks stand for the large forests of the area and especially for these trees in the Kölpin forest.