AVENUES THEIR HISTORY, IMPORTANCE AND THREAT AND THEIR PLACE IN TODAY’S WORLD Theodor Fontane Alleen – Grüne Haine des Reisens

AVENUES

THEIR HISTORY, IMPORTANCE AND THREAT

ANDTHEIR PLACE IN TODAY’S WORLD

Theodor Fontane Alleen – Grüne Haine des Reisens

AVENUES AND THEIR HISTORY

The word "allée" first appeared in Charles Estienne in 1536 (published 1539).

It was introduced in Germany during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648);

in Sweden since 1663.

Probably the first drawing of a Central European Allee was found on a painting by Isaak van dem Blocke and refers to Gdansk in 1608.

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Allegory of the Danzig trade, 1608

Quelle: Fischer, Hubertus (2006). Alleen literarisch – vom Barock bis zur Moderne. In: Lehmann, Ingo & Rohde, Michael (Hrsg.). Alleen in Deutschland- Bedeutung, Pflege, Entwicklung. Edition Leipzig, S. 64-69.

Willhelm Malte Fürst zu Putbus (1783-1854)

Putbus „die weiße Stadt“ - im klassizistischen Stil

Bernd Gerlich


200 years old – Lime tree avenue

Schloss Bothmer / Klützer Winkel


„ästhetisch aufgeschmückte“ Garten- und Parkanlagen von Peter Joseph Lenné (1789-1866)

Schlosspark in Ludwigslust


Use of fruit trees

Birnenallee in Lützow Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg


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Kopfweidenallee in Nordwestmecklenburg

Use of wood, twigs and leaves



For road safety

AVENUES AND THEIR IMPORTANCE

• Natural and cultural value

• Part of regional and also

European landscape

• Highlight of our landscape

• Witness of regional history

• They filter air dust

AVENUES AND THEIR IMPORTANCE

• They join up biotopes

• They are living areas for

animals

• Factor for tourism and

economy

1 Million Euros for 1 Kilometer1 Million Euros for 1 Kilometer

+ + Cultural valueCultural value

++ Contribution to biodiversityContribution to biodiversity

++ Contribution to air cleaningContribution to air cleaning

+ + Contribution to road safetyContribution to road safety

AVENUES AND THEIR THREAT

• Increasing traffic

• New road constructions

• Development of public

power and water supply

• Tree cutting

• Tree damage

• Exhaust fumes

• Agriculture

• Age

• Salt

• Disinterest

large wounds

collision damage

Working in the root zone -no manual digging!


VITALITY23,9 % 1996 „ significantly damaged“

(today presumably almost 50%,

SALT

road salt sensitive species: 62.4%

damage estimated: 1% per year, or about 9,000 trees

In at least 60% of all avenues of federal and state roads in MV (2048 km in 2010), many long gaps (> 100m)

(Ingo Lehmann, 2014)

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14Dead trees along B109 Greifswald to Anklam

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Foto: Marlies Preller


The demand for unlimited mobility

8000 fellings of trees along federal roads, state roads per year in M-V, most of them for reasons of safety obligations

Avenue register 1992-1996 in Mecklenburg-Pomerania

Legal protection of trees along roads

• Constitution of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Article 12

• §19 Statute of Nature in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

• Edict: Ministry of economy in collaboration with ministry of

environment; „New plantings of avenues and tree lines in

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania “ for federal roads and state

roads; 19.04.2002

• Edict: Ministry of environment „New plantings of avenues and tree

lines in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ” for smaller roads;

October 2007

• Alleenfonds

Legal protection of trees along roads

• DIN 18920 „Protection of trees, bushes and plants during building activity"

• RAS-LG 4 " Protection of trees, bushes and plants during road constructions "

- Hand digging

- Protection of the

tree trunk

- root curtains

- skilled experts

- 2048 km of the 5289 km of federal and state roads are tree lined avenues- 93.687 trees planted between 1996-2010- 38 % of the current avenues consist of young avenue trees- 2010 – 31 individual projects with planting of 7000 trees = 68 km and € 2.8 mill

Regeneration of an avenue with long gaps

Quelle: State office of road traffic

AVENUES AND THEIR PLACE IN TODAY‘S WORLD

L 241 Röbel – DambeckGap planting at 4.5 km

Quelle: Straßenbauamt Neustrelitz


L 12 Rethwisch – Bad Doberan

Dr. Sven Reiter, Straßenbauamt Güstrow – Vorstellung aktueller Alleenplanzungen BUND-Tagung am 07.11.12 in Güstrow:



1. Protection of the old trees

- Abidance of constitution, statute, edicts, regulations

- Improve control and request for tenders

- No road salt in old avenues – avenue friendly winter sevice

2. High quality of new plantings

- Abidance of the edicts in respect of numbers to

plant and quality and payment into the funds

- Development of local concepts

- Protection strip along the field side

- Proved qualification of the staff

Demands of the BUND for sustainable development of the avenues


• Meetings and Workshops (get to know each

others problems)

• Public relations for regional concepts

including

financial programs

• Cooperation with authorities in planning

road construction projects

• Conducting educational campaigns for trees

Activities of the Bund


Cooperation with authorities in planning road construction projects – Sternberg – Groß Raden L 141


L 141 Sternberg – Groß Raden


International Conference4th November 2015 in Güstrow

Conferences, Meetings and

Workshops



Quality control

Conducting educational campaigns for trees

AVENUES AND THEIR PLACE IN TODAY‘S WActivities of the Bund


Conducting educational campaigns for trees

AVENUES AND THEIR PLACE IN TODAY‘S WActivities of the Bund


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Since 3rd May 1993 – Deutsche Alleenstraße ellin (Rügen) - Bodensee

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