One hundred new trees in Cuxhavenlundur

A tradition of planting trees for over thirty years

More than thirty years have passed since the first trees were planted in Cuxhavenlundur, then on the occasion of 40 years of political relations between Iceland and Germany. The tradition of planting trees has remained and recently a group of six people from Cuxhaven visited Hafnarfjörður to plant a hundred more new trees in the grove, which has grown with each year. Hafnarfjörður´s Forestry Association has taken care of the grove from the beginning with great distinction.

A unique and sheltered grove by Hvaleyrarvatn lake

It was on September the 29th, 1992 that the first trees were planted in the grove, by the then mayors of the friendship towns; Albrecht Harten and Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson. In the beginning, the inhabitants of Cuxhaven donated 5,000 German marks for forestry in the grove. This year a group of six people from the town of Cuxhaven came to visit at the beginning of October, to among other things, plant a hundred tree seedlings in this unique and sheltered friendship grove by Hvaleyrarvatn. The trees are a green gift from the friendship community in Cuxhaven. Among the guests were Hans-Wilhelm Eitzen, chairman of the friendship town association in Cuxhaven, and Marion Dick, vice-chairman, as well as Wolfs-Rudiger Dick, honorary consul of Iceland in Cuxhaven. A part of the board of the town´s friendship community in Hafnarfjörður welcomed the group and assisted with the planting.

The planting itself also called for collaboration

It was a German-Icelandic group that came to plant the trees on a beautiful day earlier this month. The planting went smoothly and quickly, and the hands of the board members of the two friendship towns worked quickly together.

From left: Gísli Ó. Valdimarsson, chairman of Hafnarfjörður´s friendship town association, Lothar Matthes Cuxhaven, Melanie Eitzen-Fischer, Hans-Wilhelm Eitzen, Chairman of the Cuxhaven friendship town association, Clarissa Duvigneau, German Ambassador to Iceland, Marion Dick, Vice-Chairman of the Cuxhaven friendship town association, Andri Ómarsson, Board of Hafnarfjörður´s friendship town association, Sunna Magnúsdóttir, Hafnarfjörður´s friendship town association, Guðjón Steinar Sverrisson, Hafnarfjörður´s friendship town association, Wolf-Rüdiger Dick honorary consul of Iceland in Cuxhaven and Richard Schütt, horticultural director in Cuxhaven.

Thank you for the gift dear friends and for your long lasting friendship!