Punching point 181 / Forest ranger Tannen

The “Forstmeister Tannen” arboretum is located on the edge of Ballenstedt Castle Park above the Glockenteich pond.

In 1766, a for­est plan­ta­tion with for­eign trees and shrubs was estab­lished on this site, select­ed by Chief Forester von Truff. In March 1767, Prince Friedrich Albrecht ordered a box of seeds from North Amer­i­ca via Eng­lish traders. The mighty Wey­mouth pines in the arbore­tum come from these prove­nances and are among the old­est of their kind in Germany. 

Until the mid­dle of the 19th cen­tu­ry, the Tietz dynasty of foresters con­tin­ued to look after the for­est. The addi­tion of Tyrolean larch in 1810 took place dur­ing this period. 

As ear­ly as the begin­ning of the 20th cen­tu­ry, the Forstmeis­ter fir trees were con­sid­ered a mas­ter­piece of sil­vi­cul­ture and formed a wor­thy set­ting for the bur­ial place of the high­est-rank­ing forestry offi­cial in the state of Anhalt, Chief Forestry Coun­cil­lor Franz-Wil­helm Sachtler (1865 — 1924).

You can reach the stamp­ing sta­tion from the park­ing lot below the cas­tle via the Amt­mannsweg in the cas­tle park. Pass the cas­tle pond and the bell pond and fol­low the sign­post­ed path to the right of the Amt­mannsweg to the stamp­ing station. 

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