Eibe im Pfarrgarten Somsdorf, Natural monument in Somsdorf, Freital, Germany

The yew in Somsdorf parish garden is a European yew (Taxus baccata) designated as a natural monument. It stands on the grounds of the former parish garden of the Georgenkirchgemeinde at Höckendorfer Straße corner Am Graben. The tree is about twelve meters tall with a trunk circumference of 1.80 meters.

The present yew was planted on 7 April 1847 as a cutting taken from an older yew standing a few metres away at the corner of Am Graben. That predecessor, felled in 1873 or 1874, served as the model for the tree in Somsdorf's coat of arms; the new tree was meant to carry on that role. It was placed under protection in 1951.

The yew continues the role of the older tree that stood a few metres away on Am Graben and served as the model for the tree in Somsdorf's municipal coat of arms. After that tree was felled in 1873 or 1874, the 1847 cutting took over as the village's heraldic tree.

The yew stands on the grounds of the former parish garden at the corner of Höckendorfer Straße and Am Graben. Two pedunculate oaks also under protection stand near the entrance to Somsdorf cemetery, and a protected sessile oak stands in the village centre.

The older yew, felled in 1873 or 1874, stood a few metres away on the street Am Graben and served as the model for the tree in Somsdorf's municipal coat of arms. The present yew, planted in 1847 from one of its cuttings, was meant to carry on that role as the village's heraldic tree.