Tankow
(Dankow)
An amazing oak tree in Tankow that is 500 years old. The tree is 246
feet high and 24 feet around. Photos from Lynn Brower 2006.
A tree that is 24 feet around would have to be 7 feet 7.5 inches wide.
The sign indicates that this is a Pedunculate (English) Oak.
On 14 Sept 1303 foundation papersfor Kallies were signed in Tankow.
Views around Tankow.
An amazing old picture of Tankow was on the wall.
There was also a view of Berlin from 1630.
Information about Tankow:
1303 mentioned for the first time
1315 family named "Blume"
1352 citizen Bruno Goldschmied
1364 Markgraf (like a duke) Otto von Brandenburg
1391 von Kittlitz
1465 - 1788 (von) Papstein
1788 von Bock
1803 von Massow
1820 von Brand
1907 Elisabeth von Erxleben , nee von Brand