What is the oldest tree in Munich?
Munich has no single agreed oldest tree: two different trees carry the claim from different sources. The Krüner Eiche, a pedunculate oak in Sendling-Westpark, is cited by a district citizen assembly as roughly 600 years old, which would date it to the 1420s. The Röth-Linde in Moosach, a winter linden, is separately described by local press as the city's oldest tree at 300 to 350 years. The two claims have never been reconciled against each other.
Munich's own tally is the most precise starting point any city on this list has offered: a 2021 ordinance names 117 protected Naturdenkmäler covering 200 individual trees across the city, each with a case made for rarity, size, beauty or historical association. Age is a different matter. Ring counts require felling a tree, so every age here comes from growth models, historical association or simple local reputation, not a verified count. The Krüner Eiche's roughly 600-year figure comes from a 2017 Sendling-Westpark district citizen assembly document arguing for the oak's preservation; the Röth-Linde's 300 to 350 year figure, and its billing as Munich's oldest tree, comes from a dedicated local news feature and the tree's own German Wikipedia page. Both are treated here as the honest, sourced claims they are rather than resolved into one winner. The Krüner Eiche stands at Krüner Platz in Sendling-Westpark, an eight minute walk from Harras U-Bahn station.
The yew, the oaks and their peers across other cities are collected in Europe's 10 Most Remarkable Ancient Trees.