Anne Frank Horse Chestnut Tree

Eric Frei · 26th August 2010, 06:21 PM

YouTube - Storm Knocks Down Tree That Cheered Anne Frank

quercus · 18th September 2010, 11:50 PM

Hi guys, long time no see... But have been really really busy lately so...

The construction was actually anchored in the ground but it was a few faulty welds that caused the failure of the bracing resulting it to topple over. Like I said in 2008... very unlikely that it would keep the tree up in a storm.
Sad that is't gone though...

The tree is gone, but the stub, wich has a few small live branches remains. It's likely that they will form a new tree in due time.

willem · 26th September 2010, 07:28 AM

I read the official outcome this week of the inquiries to the failing of this tree. The inquiries were done by a legal mediator and a independent tree expert. The outcome was that the construction wasn't strong. We have noticed!!!

An other outcome was and this is important if you read the posts in this thread.
the other outcome was that the company Pius Floris wasn't treated right. And that the outcome of the reports was disgarded to soon.
So no stories anymore about big companies that only want to make money and donn't have interest in trees. I also work for a bigger comapny and we save more trees by transplanting, tree research en enhancing growth condiitons than the small companies in this country. The smaller companies earn there money by taking down trees. And if they are not taking down trees they are pruning them. And we all no that pruning also isn't benificial for anyone tree.
And then I haven't even mentioned the number of trees we plant each year.
The tree was monitored by Pius Floris and after years they said now it's to dangerous to mantain safely, a fair judgement in my opinion. Then the expertchaos started and the result was the construction. I think it's fine they chose for this solution escpacially because it wasn't funded by communtyfunds. But don't attack a good company which has done a lot of research on this tree and knows this tree as no one else does.
That construction wasn't strong enough that's an other disscusion.

Eric Frei · 2nd October 2010, 08:15 AM

It's clear to us the construction was not strong enough.

Decay 100% through the trunk meant the structure had to take the full force of the tree loaded with the strongest wind force ever recorded for the area plus some safety margin. So engineers needed to design for that. We also mentioned the issues if the trunk failed higher up as the construction in my opinion was not tall enough.

Look at posts 32 and 33 here.

Willard Holmen · 11th October 2010, 11:40 AM

I read last week in a short newspaper blip that a sapling from the Anne Frank tree was transplanted in Montreal, Canada recently.
Anyone else hear about this?
Willard.

Eric Frei · 5th April 2012, 10:25 AM

Well, seems the bill for removal wasn't paid.

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Court orders payment for Anne Frank tree
From correspondents in The Hague
From: AFP
April 05, 2012 5:12AM

A FOUNDATION set up to preserve a chestnut tree mentioned by Jewish teenager Anne Frank in her World War II diary must pay 16,000 euros ($20,600) for its clean-up, a Dutch court has ruled.

The Amsterdam-based Support Anne Frank Tree Foundation said however it did not have the money to pay a company responsible for the historic chestnut's removal and storage after it collapsed in strong winds in 2010.

"At the moment we don't have the money and probably never will," foundation official Arnold Heertje said, following the judgment against it by the Amsterdam District Court.

The Van der Leij company in 2008 built a steel frame to support the diseased tree, some 20 metres tall and estimated to be more than 160 years old, which was overlooked by the annexe where Frank and her family hid from Nazi occupiers until found out in 1944.

After it was blown down in August 2010, Van der Leij cut the tree "into very large pieces which were stored in a dry and ventilated area", its spokesman Bram van Uchelen said.

The court ordered the Support Anne Frank Tree Foundation to pay Van der Leij - which lodged a claim - 16,000 euros in removal and storage costs.

If no payment was received, Van der Leij was under no obligation to give back the tree's remains, the court said.

Anne Frank died in 1945 aged 15 at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany and the annexe where she hid while writing a diary is today a popular museum on Amsterdam's Keizersgracht.

She wrote in her diary on February 23, 1944: "The two of us looked at the blue sky, the bare chestnut tree glistening with dew, the seagulls and other birds glinting with silver as they swooped though the air."

"We were so moved and entranced we couldn't speak."

Saplings from the chestnut were been planted around the world including in Paris and at the White House before the tree buckled two years ago.

"In the beginning when the tree fell, museums and institutions showed interest - they wanted a piece of the tree," Mr Heertje said. "But now interest has waned. It's unlikely that we will be contacted again."

18th September 2010, 11:50 PM	#62
quercus Mature tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: belgium Posts: 368	Re: Anne Frank Horse Chestnut Tree Hi guys, long time no see... But have been really really busy lately so... The construction was actually anchored in the ground but it was a few faulty welds that caused the failure of the bracing resulting it to topple over. Like I said in 2008... very unlikely that it would keep the tree up in a storm. Sad that is't gone though... The tree is gone, but the stub, wich has a few small live branches remains. It's likely that they will form a new tree in due time.

26th September 2010, 07:28 AM	#63
willem Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: the netherlands Posts: 187	Re: Anne Frank Horse Chestnut Tree I read the official outcome this week of the inquiries to the failing of this tree. The inquiries were done by a legal mediator and a independent tree expert. The outcome was that the construction wasn't strong. We have noticed!!! An other outcome was and this is important if you read the posts in this thread. the other outcome was that the company Pius Floris wasn't treated right. And that the outcome of the reports was disgarded to soon. So no stories anymore about big companies that only want to make money and donn't have interest in trees. I also work for a bigger comapny and we save more trees by transplanting, tree research en enhancing growth condiitons than the small companies in this country. The smaller companies earn there money by taking down trees. And if they are not taking down trees they are pruning them. And we all no that pruning also isn't benificial for anyone tree. And then I haven't even mentioned the number of trees we plant each year. The tree was monitored by Pius Floris and after years they said now it's to dangerous to mantain safely, a fair judgement in my opinion. Then the expertchaos started and the result was the construction. I think it's fine they chose for this solution escpacially because it wasn't funded by communtyfunds. But don't attack a good company which has done a lot of research on this tree and knows this tree as no one else does. That construction wasn't strong enough that's an other disscusion.

2nd October 2010, 08:15 AM	#64
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,994	Re: Anne Frank Horse Chestnut Tree It's clear to us the construction was not strong enough. Decay 100% through the trunk meant the structure had to take the full force of the tree loaded with the strongest wind force ever recorded for the area plus some safety margin. So engineers needed to design for that. We also mentioned the issues if the trunk failed higher up as the construction in my opinion was not tall enough. Look at posts 32 and 33 here. __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Palm and Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

11th October 2010, 11:40 AM	#65
Willard Holmen Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 650	Re: Anne Frank Horse Chestnut Tree I read last week in a short newspaper blip that a sapling from the Anne Frank tree was transplanted in Montreal, Canada recently. Anyone else hear about this? Willard.

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