The Weeping Beech of the Schwanenbrücke undated
Weeping Beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula'). Munich protects this beech partly because people are fond of it.
Ancient Trees in the Schlosspark Nymphenburg
Munich protects trees by law here for reasons written down in a city ordinance, and two of these five are protected for being odd rather than big.
A large-leaved lime by the Badenburger See is listed as bizarrer und knorriger Wuchs, bizarre and gnarled growth, which is an unusually honest thing for a legal document to say. There is also a weeping beech protected partly because people are fond of it, an oak in the Dorfchen, the part of a royal garden built to look undesigned, and a fern-leaved beech of a form that did not exist anywhere before about 1804.
All 5 stand in Munich, which maps 14 remarkable trees in total.
The Oak of the Dörfchen, Nymphenburg undated, called unique in size for the city
Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur). This oak grows in the one part of a royal palace garden built to look like it wasn't designed at all.
The Copper Beech of the Badenburg undated, protected for its size and its setting beside the Badenburg
Copper Beech (Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea). Every copper beech in Europe descends from an accident.
The Leaning Lime of the Badenburger See undated in the city register; a tree-recorders' database estimates roughly 180 years
Large-leaved Lime (Tilia platyphyllos). Munich protects this lime, in law, for being strange looking.
The Fern-leaved Beech of the Amalienburg undated in the city register; a tree-recorders' database estimates roughly 180 years
Fern-leaved Beech (Fagus sylvatica f. asplenifolia). No fern-leaved beech anywhere is much more than two centuries old, because the tree did not exist before about 1804.
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