Oak at Emmertshof, Natural monument oak tree in Neuenstein, Germany.
The Oak at Emmertshof is a pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) standing about one kilometre north of the Neuenstein motorway exit on the A6, between Heilbronn and Nuremberg. Its trunk measures 7.56 metres around at its thinnest point, the crown reaches 17 metres high and spans more than 30 metres across, and a massive lateral root buttress flares out at the base.
The Oak at Emmertshof is a pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) counted among the oldest and strongest in southern Germany. A plaque fixed to the tree gives its age as 750 years. It stands about one kilometre north of the Neuenstein motorway exit on the A 6 between Heilbronn and Nuremberg and is protected as a natural monument.
The oak is a designated Naturdenkmal, a natural monument protected under German nature-conservation law. A plaque fixed to the tree states its age as 750 years, a figure repeated in local accounts and in the book "Deutschlands alte Bäume" (BLV-Verlag, 2003). Visitors can read the plaque at the trunk.
The oak stands about one kilometre north of the Neuenstein motorway exit on the A6 between Heilbronn and Nuremberg, in open country near the Emmertshof. It is a designated natural monument, so visitors should stay on the surrounding paths and avoid walking over the exposed lateral roots at the base of the trunk.
The tree's most striking feature is a massive lateral root buttress at the base of the trunk, which visitors can see up close. A plaque attached to the oak states its age as 750 years. The trunk measures 7.56 metres around at its thinnest point, the crown reaches 17 metres high and spans more than 30 metres across.
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