Unusual and distinctive: natural monuments on golf courses

They are often powerful and impressive, sometimes delicate and widely branched. There are over 14,000 natural monuments in Germany. They are each expelled by the lower nature conservation authorities. Sometimes there are moors like the Kiebitzmoor in Hamburg, sometimes poor meadows like those in Bad Schönborn in the district of Karlsruhe. Boulders, oaks, lime trees, slate walls – the variety is huge, the term is generally understood to mean a landscape element that is protected.
Golfers can also find some natural monuments on their own courses. The old lime tree on the Chieming golf course in Kötzing, Bavaria, is considered the largest and most beautiful of its kind in the district of Traunstein. A huge tree that, like many other natural monuments, has already undergone a sonic tomography, which should clarify the condition of the tree. This method can be used to determine data such as trunk rot or trunk strength.
The question of safety risk is inherent in numerous trees that are categorized as natural monuments. Which is why the oak on the Feldafing golf course , which is listed as a 280-year-old Bavarian natural monument, is secured by a larger barrier. The Lippe Golf Club in Cappel even has two natural monuments on the course with its two oak trees, and the lush lime tree in the Freiburg GC creates an aha effect.