A Natural Curiosity: A Giant Larch Tree in Matsch in Vinschgau
A brief report notes an exceptionally massive larch tree near the Ellenhof by Matsch in Vinschgau. The circumference of its trunk is so immense that seven men with outstretched arms can barely span it.
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Natural curiosity.
Below the Ellenhof near Matsch, in Vinschgau, people admire a larch tree that could well be called the king of larches; for its trunk can barely be spanned by seven men with their outstretched arms.
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"A Natural Curiosity: A Giant Larch Tree in Matsch in Vinschgau." Der Bote für Tirol, 6 October 1825. https://digital.tessmann.it/tessmannDigital/Zeitungsarchiv/Seite/Zeitung/47/1/06.10.1825/150187/4. https://www.meran-archive.com/en/artikel/1825-10-06-eine-naturseltenheit-ein-riesiger-laerchenbaum-in-matsch-im-vinschgau