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At Least 200-Year-Old Maple Is Cut Down, Residents Give Tree a Voice: ‘History Never Realized’

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If only a tree could talk... That is why two residents of Ravenstein have given a voice to a monumental maple tree that is about to be cut down. Via a QR code. "If you scan it, you can read its story. This tree is not standing here for nothing."
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It has stood there for at least two hundred years: a maple tree on the Maasdijk in Ravenstein. But its days seem numbered. The tree must make way for plans to reinforce the dike, add a quay wall, and construct a pedestrian promenade. And not everyone is happy about that. The Ravenstein Protected Cityscape Foundation wants to prevent the felling of the maple and other trees. Olga Rikken, chairwoman of the foundation, stands by the tree with a mea…

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If only a tree could talk... That is why two residents of Ravenstein have given a voice to a monumental maple tree that is about to be cut down. Via a QR code. "If you scan it, you can read its story. This tree is not standing here for nothing."

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bd.nl broke the news on Saturday, August 1, 2026.
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