Tree register

The landscape architecture originally conceived by H. Mattern and H. Raderschall envisaged that something would bloom in every season and that trees and shrubs from different hemispheres would characterize the image of the estate. This concept must be preserved, taking into account the protection of the ensemble and the tree protection statutes of the city of Bonn, as well as the park maintenance plan of the compound. In addition, it is important to protect the (still) existing wildlife and its habitat by preserving the trees (see Project Flora&Fauna).

Ms. Katja Dörner commented on this in the open digital consultation hour “Frag die OB” on April 2nd The relevant excerpt from the recording is available here. We will publish the answers to our follow-up questions here shortly.

We publish previous and current tree locations on our OpenGeoInfo platform on the Internet, similar to this one for the city of Bonn. Anyone interested in taking part in the project is welcome to contact us, especially as we need to map and identify all existing (and already felled) trees have to be mapped and identified.

Register of already felled trees

Agenda

Red = felled | Yellow = at risk | light-green = replanted | dark-green = population

The data is provided under the Creative Common License BY-NC-SA 4.0 and can be used by anyone. The GeoJSON file can be imported into OpenStreetMap or QGIS.

Contribute

If you know any other data or notice any discrepancies, please let us know by e-mail. The tree register may contain the following information:

  • Latitude (required): 50.70525
  • Longitude (required): 7.15722
  • Location (Street name, optional): Steubenring
  • Date of planting (Year, required): 1980
  • Date of felling (Year, required if felled): 2023
  • lat. name (required): Betula
  • Trunk circumference (cm, optional): 200
  • Crown diameter (m, optional): 5
  • Height (m, optional): 18
  • Condition (Assessment, optional): felled, storm damage
  • Comment (Free-text, optional)
  • Felling permit (Reference, optional): Beschlussvorlage Drucksachen-Nr. xxxxx
  • Image (Photo, optional)

All location data on existing trees and bushes will also help to make the project a success. Please also send us photos and pictures to document fallen trees, and if you witness a planned or actual felling, we recommend the following:

  • Inform the public order office immediately (Tel.: 0228-773333), which has the possibility of checking and stopping the felling action
  • Document the felling process with photos (if possible without taking pictures of people)

Taking into account the original landscape planning, climate-resilient tree species are also to be replanted. Source: TU-Berlin.