Not far from the Austrian community Blumau is the so-called Millennial oak is the oldest tree in Europe, received the status of a natural monument of national importance. You can find it in the district of Fürstenfeld in the so-called "oak trail" between the villages Leumit and Bierbaum an der Safen.

In the height of the giant oak 30 meters, the diameter is 2. 5 meters and the circumference is 8, 75 meters. To embrace such a giant need 7 adults. No less majestic and Crohn's millennial oak, its diameter exceeds 50 meters.

Since ancient times, a place near such a remarkable tree was used for meetings, gatherings, and also as a dance floor. In the seventies of the XX century on the outskirts of bad Blumau erupted extraordinary storm that caused this tragedy. Into immense trunk was struck by lightning and nearly killed an ancient tree. To help the giant came. Four-meter the wound was filled in with concrete and oak stood. It later emerged that this measure has become more harm than good. Flowing down the concrete inside oak water accumulating, led to the fact that the stem started to rot.

The fate of the thousand-year oak spouse interested in a successful German entrepreneur Heidi Horten. It was she who sponsored the rehabilitation of the tree, for which it took more than 1000 hours. Attracted for these purposes, "the tree surgeon" with compressed air, removed the rotten core and paved the water drainage system, making the oak recovered and, as I hope everyone in the neighborhood will live a long time.