Planting trees in Gefrees, Bavaria
Our first tree project in Bavaria is located in Upper Franconia, just in the Fichtel Mountains, on the border with Franconian Switzerland.
The project location is in Gefrees.
New Trees in Gefrees
Again, we planted new trees in Gefrees in spring 2025. It’s always a pleasure to be active at one location for a longer time. We’ll continue in fall 2025. Are you joining us?
Upper Franconia is the northeastern part of the Bavarian region of Franconia, near Nuremberg and Bamberg and bordering the Czech Republic.
First trees for Gefrees
In November 2024 we planted the first trees in Bavaria and had a lot of fun doing it!
Winter had set in overnight and it was very chilly. Luckily the ground wasn’t frozen yet, so we were able to plant the young trees without any problems.
It is a great pleasure that we can combine some tree sponsorship of different customers in a first tree project in Gefrees. We intend to plant up to 3.500 trees in the next fews years. The selected tree varieties are: European beech and sweet chestnut to meaningfully supplement the intact population of spruce and pine for the future.
The distances to the forest area in Gefrees are as follows:
- Bayreuth: 25 km
- Kulmbach: 30 km
- Hof: 35 km
- Bamberg: 75 km
- Nuremberg: 110 km
The pictures on the left show the areas before (top) and after (bottom) the damage caused by bark beetle infestation. That is why a new mixed forest is now to be created.
How about you? Would you like to make a one-off or even regular contribution to support reforestation in Bavaria? Then we look forward to hearing from you.
