Sweet chestnut, Vaalserquartier

Tree species: Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa)
Location: Vaalserquartier
Trunk circumference: 8.04 meters
Trunk height: 18 meters
Age (approx.): approx. 450 years

An extraordinary tree in Aachen has not only become a natural monument, but even a national heritage tree: the sweet chestnut tree in Vaalserquartier, on the corner of Schildstraße and Alte Vaalser Straße, which is estimated to be around 450 years old, has a trunk circumference of 8.04 meters at a height of 1.3 meters and is 18 meters high, is one of only 100 trees in the whole of Germany that have been included in a list of national heritage trees that are particularly worthy of protection.