The Cheating Planes

Details in Danish

Danish name:
De Forræderiske Plataner

English name:
London Plane

Latin name:
Platanus hispanica  

Locality:
Sjælland, Vordingborg Kommune
Marienborg Gods. De Forræderiske Plataner.
54;56.401N+12;12.514E

Google Earth coordinates:
54.94002 12.20857    Guide

Geographic position (Google Earth):
Placement file     Guide (opens in a new window)

Status:
alive

Growth form:
tree, monocormic

Legends:
A knight carved the name of his fiancée and his own name in the bark of one of the planes. However, next year the bark (as usual in plane) had peeled off and their names gone = a bad sign, so the knight broke the engagement.

Comments:
Geographic position uncertain.

Value:
Notable within a region

Web page:
http://www.aabne-samlinger.dk/fuglsang/formidling/pdfer/Trae-rute.PDF

Reference:
Anonym før 2008
Træ-rute Storstrøms Amt
http://www.aabne-samlinger.dk/fuglsang/formidling/pdfer/Trae-rute.PDF, Storstrøms Kunstmuseum. Maribo.

Reported by:
Christensen, Knud Ib  (22-11-2008)

Validation:
Well documented  (22-11-2008)