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Bridegroom's Oak

Armin von Werner · CC BY 2.5

36% trees around it and 91 species recorded.

40Forestyas Score

Notable tree

  • trees within 3 km36%
  • wild within 10 km60%
  • species recorded91
  • Altitude89 m

The forest around

36% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 65%Grassland 7%Water 4%Cropland 24%Trees 32%Grassland 18%Water 1%Bare ground 1%Cropland 45%Built-up 4%Trees 29%Grassland 15%Water 16%Cropland 36%Built-up 5%Trees 29%Grassland 20%Water 12%Cropland 38%Built-up 2%36%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km65%
  • 1–3 km32%
  • 3–6 km29%
  • 6–10 km29%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees32%
  • Grassland18%
  • Water1%
  • Bare ground1%
  • Cropland45%
  • Built-up4%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

91 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Salmonberry
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis16 recordsDavid McMaster (= user BlindGoofy ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Garlic Mustard
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata4 recordsO. Pichard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Woodruff
WoodruffGalium odoratum3 recordsJopi · Public domain
Ground-ivy
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea3 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Blackthorn
BlackthornPrunus spinosa3 recordsSphingonotus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Heal-all
Heal-allPrunella vulgaris3 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0
True oxlip
True oxlipPrimula elatior3 recordsԱրարատ Թրվանց · CC BY-SA 4.0
Japanese Knotweed
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2 recordsW.carter · CC0
Small yellow balsam
Small yellow balsamImpatiens parviflora2 recordsAndré Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5
Eurasian Aspen
Eurasian AspenPopulus tremula2 recordsØyvind Holmstad · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coralroot bittercress
Coralroot bittercressCardamine bulbifera2 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Toothwort
ToothwortLathraea squamaria2 recordsJörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 2.0 de

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

40out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 36%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 60%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 91Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 89 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from May to June and in September.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan3°-2°63 mm
  2. Feb4°-2°51 mm
  3. Mar7°0°46 mm
  4. Apr12°3°37 mm
  5. May17°8°54 mm
  6. Jun20°12°67 mm
  7. Jul22°14°77 mm
  8. Aug22°14°71 mm
  9. Sep18°10°55 mm
  10. Oct13°7°60 mm
  11. Nov7°3°58 mm
  12. Dec4°0°66 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Bridegroom's Oak.

Oak tree in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Bridegroom's Oak is a notable tree in Germany.

Seen from space, 36% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 60% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

91 species have been recorded around it: 13 plants, 5 fungi, 68 birds and 5 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Salmonberry, Garlic Mustard and Woodruff.

The best time to walk is from May to June and in September.

BraeutigamseicheEutin
Armin von Werner · CC BY 2.5

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Bridegroom's Oak seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 28marked trails within 5 kmEuropäischer Fernwanderweg E6, Deutschland, Schleswig-Holstein, European Long distance path E1 - part Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Vierer See and 25 more
  • 9named and notable trees within 6 kmBräutigamseiche and 8 more
  • 16picnic sites within 4 kmDodauer See, Grillplatz Rachut, Kastaniendreieck and 13 more
  • 37shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 9viewpoints within 5 kmHolzbergturm, Liebestempel, Bebensundbrücke and 6 more
  • 2visitor centres within 6 kmTourist Information, Tourist-Info Eutin
  • 41car parks within 3 km
  • 19campsites within 10 kmCamping "An der Schwentine", Trekkingplatz Alte Schule / Kulturstern Kleinmeinsdorf e.V., Naturpark-Camping Prinzenholz and 16 more
  • 64places to stay within 10 kmHotel Diekseehöh, Parkschlößchen, ehem. Intermar-Hotel and 61 more
  • 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Bridegroom's Oak.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas21 mountains within 25 km
Gömnitzer Berg94 m · 12 kmBungsberg168 m · 14 kmGrenzberg18 kmBlocks Berg19 kmGrell Berg19 kmGrimmelsberg83 m · 20 kmAhnsberg21 kmPariner Berg23 km
Coastya1 beaches within 10 km
Rohrdommelbucht9.6 km
Lakeyas28 lakes within 15 km
Dieksee3.4 km² · 4.8 kmGroßer Eutiner See1.9 km² · 4.9 kmKellersee5.0 km² · 5.1 kmSibbersdorfer See0.4 km² · 6.3 kmHöftsee2.9 km² · 6.5 kmTrammer See1.4 km² · 10 kmKleiner Plöner See2.2 km² · 12 kmGroßer Plöner See28 km² · 12 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
BungsbergBortle 3 · 14 kmBothkamp ObservatoryBortle 4 · 28 km
Viewyas4 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Tower3.7 kmHolzberg Tower4.8 kmParnass Tower9.0 kmElisabeth-Tower14 km
Birdyas10 birding sites within 25 km
Großer Plöner See-Gebiet6.0 kmTeiche zwischen Selent und Plön12 kmHeidmoor-Niederung12 kmWahlsdorfer Holz14 kmNSG Kossautal15 kmSelenter See-Gebiet18 kmLanker See18 kmWardersee20 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Bräutigamseiche Sept 2014d
Holger.Ellgaard · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bräutigamseiche Sept 2014e 02
Holger.Ellgaard · CC BY-SA 4.0
Briekasteneicheeutin
Frederik Eiklenborg · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Bridegroom's Oak

Germany

  • 40Forestyas Score
  • 36%Trees
  • 60%Wild
  • 91Species

Buchholz

Germany · 37 km

  • 70Forestyas Score
  • 93%Trees
  • 69%Wild
  • 226Species

See the guide

Sachsenwald

Germany · 67 km

  • 69Forestyas Score
  • 95%Trees
  • 66%Wild
  • 253Species

See the guide

Rostock Heath

Germany · 110 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 94%Trees
  • 81%Wild
  • 1,357Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q995630) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species850 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Coastya, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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