Mammutbaumsegment Rheinaue - Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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argus1972
N 50° 42.938 E 007° 08.059
32U E 368291 N 5619863
The tree segment is a present of the United States of America to the citizens of Bonn.
Waymark Code: WMW5TY
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 07/13/2017
Views: 8
On the 31st of May, 1989 Mrs. Barbara Bush, wife of the American president George Bush, has dedicated this segment of a 750-year-old Californian sequoia as a present of the American people to the citizens of Bonn to the 2000-annual celebration of their town.
It should be a symbol for the friendship between Germany and America.
Twenty small metal boards remind on the suitable annual struggle of important events of the history of Bonn.
Mayors Hans Daniel and Hannelore Kohl, wife of the Federal Chancellor at that time, took part in the ceremonious handing over.
Two info boards deliver backgrounds to the species and the state present.
The sequoia from which this segment comes was cut in North-Californian "Six River National Forest". The segment is 2.4 metres high, 2.7 metres wide and weighs 7 tons.
Country or International City that Gave the Gift: USA
Country or International City that Received the Gift: Germany
Website Verifying this Item as a Gift from Another Country or International City: [Web Link]
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