This giant sequoia has a special history. It was planted in 1896, in memory of Louis Butze, a little boy who died of diphtheria at the age of four. His father, a forest ranger, planted the tree near his son's house and playground. It was the forest ranger's brother, therefore the child's uncle, a priest at the Grand Seminary of Monaco, who brought two trees to his brother. The second sequoia had been planted and grew until 1976 near the child's grave in the Lutzelhouse cemetery. Today, only a huge stump remains, visible at the top, to the right of the Scheidecker Chapel.
In order to perpetuate the memory, the municipality of Lutzelhouse, with the assistance of ONF, planted two other sequoias in 1977/78, one near the cemetery and the other at the entrance to the forest.
Its circumference is 7,07 m at 1,50 m from the ground.
by Joseph HECKLY See the map
In order to perpetuate the memory, the municipality of Lutzelhouse, with the assistance of ONF, planted two other sequoias in 1977/78, one near the cemetery and the other at the entrance to the forest.
Its circumference is 7,07 m at 1,50 m from the ground.
by Joseph HECKLY See the map
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