Three of Graz's officially protected trees stand inside one small park, and this oak is the first of them, rooted near the Muhlgasse side of the Volksgarten. The park's own history records a planted row of oaks running roughly north to south through its centre, seventy to a hundred years old, but no source confirms this particular designated tree is part of that row rather than a separate planting nearby, so the two facts stay separate here rather than joined into a tidier story that nobody actually stated. What both the city's live tree register and Wikipedia's independent list agree on is the spot itself, within two metres of each other, and the protection: this pedunculate oak has held Naturdenkmal status since May 2000. The Volksgarten covers four and a half hectares open on every side, no gate and no fee, a five minute walk from Graz's main station. Two more protected planes grow within a hundred and seventy metres of this oak, making the park itself worth the whole visit rather than a single stop.
In fruit
September to October: acorns drop, and a good mast year buries the ground in them
The line is our estimate of how much there is to see, not a measurement. Typical for this species where this tree stands; exact weeks shift with the year.
Volksgarten, Muhlgasse 43, 8020 GrazYou can recognise it by being the pedunculate oak nearest the Muhlgasse side of the Volksgarten. It stands with two more protected trees, a plane just steps away and another within 170 metres.
Free, public park (4.6 ha), open on all sides, no entry fee
Short walk from Graz Hauptbahnhof (about 1km)
Sources
Where the facts on this page come from.
- In the official register: Naturdenkmale Graz (Stadt Graz, Stadtvermessungsamt, open government data), no. 117
- Stadt Graz Naturdenkmale open-data register (geodaten.graz.at, CC BY 4.0), register_id 117
- de.wikipedia.org, Liste der Naturdenkmäler in Graz (Steir…
- de.wikipedia.org, Volksgarten (Graz)
- graz.at
