What is the oldest tree in Ramsau am Dachstein?
The oldest sycamore maple in Ramsau am Dachstein grows at the rear of the Feistererhof, a working farm at 1,170 metres on the Ramsau plateau, with the Dachstein's south wall rising above it. An on-site information sign gives its age as presumably around 450 years, an estimate rather than a measured figure, and no girth or height has been published to check it against. It is protected as an official Naturdenkmal, object number 010 on the Bezirk Liezen list. Sycamore maple is the species that keeps growing at this altitude when other broadleaf trees thin out.
The tree stands on the Ramsau plateau in Styria, at the rear of the Feistererhof off the Feistererweg, roughly 1,170 metres above sea level with the Dachstein massif's south wall directly above. The Feistererhof is a working farm that also operates as a Bio-Hotel taking guests, and the tree carries its own visitor information sign, which is where the 450-year estimate comes from. There is no public transport to the farm; it is reached on foot or by car from Ramsau am Dachstein village. No source states outright that the public may approach the tree freely, though the presence of an interpretive sign suggests it is set up as a stop for visitors rather than kept private. It is separately listed as Naturdenkmal object 010 on the district's own register of protected trees, confirming its protected status independent of the sign's claims. A Wikimedia Commons photograph taken in July 2017 carries its own GPS location matching the coordinates used here almost exactly, and independently captions the tree as the oldest sycamore in the Ramsau, corroborating both the identification and the local reputation.
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