The Krüner Eiche

This oak has outlasted the village it once stood outside, the Bavarian duchy that once ruled the land, and most of its own major branches. A 2017 recommendation from the Sendling-Westpark district's citizen assembly, arguing for the tree's protection and continued care, dates it at roughly 600 years old, which would put its origins in the 1420s, a period when Munich was still ruled directly by Wittelsbach dukes and when Duke Albrecht III married in the city in 1436. No source directly connects the tree's planting to that or any specific historical event, so any such link stays unclaimed here. What is documented is more recent damage: three major limbs have been removed over the years and a fourth broke off on its own, thinning a crown that once spread wide with the snake-like, twisting branch pattern typical of very old pedunculate oaks. A new protective fence went up around the trunk in July 2022 to keep the compacted soil at the roots from getting worse. The tree still stands at the eastern corner of the small park that carries its name, a six-century survivor now fenced off from the joggers and dog walkers who pass it daily.