This photo is of the legendary 700-year-old Chortitza oak tree on Chortitza island near Rosenthal where the Funks lived. The Mennonite settlers gathered for more than a hundred years under its flourishing branches to rejoice, remember, and restore spirits. The tree in the photo is thriving. It has since died.

This photo is a digital reporduction of a photo of the Chortotza Oak tree. Two boys stand in front of the tree and a large group of people stand behind the tree with their backs to the tree. The large trunk of the tree is what is most prominent in the photo. Russian witting is on the side which says "Chortitza Oak 700 years"

This photo is of the famous Chortitza Oak tree, now dead. There is no bark on the tree, the limbs are supported by white posts and wire.

This photo is of the famous oak tree in Chortitza, Russia. -- Note: This is a copy of NP011-01-43

This photo is of the legendary 700-year-old Chortitza oak tree on Chortitza island near Rosenthal where the Funks lived. The Mennonite settlers gathered for more than a hundred years under its flourishing branches to rejoice, remember, and restore spirits. The tree has since died.

The famous Chortitza Oak tree, surrounded by a white picket fence; a parked vehicle and several people can be seen in front of the fence. There is also a hydro electric power line running parallel to the fence. The handwritten Russian annotation of the back (also translated into German by another handwriting) gives the following description: A natural landmark since the 13th century at Zaporozhye over Chortitza; height: 36 m; trunk diameter 2.013 m; crown diameter 43 m; trunk circumference 6.32 m.

The Chortitza Oak tree (same as MHC 531:5, but digitally enhanced). It had a height of 35 metres. The crown had a diameter of 43 metres, and the trunk about 3.4 metre. The tree was 700-800 years old when the photo was taken. Taken in the spring or summer, it shows the trunk, branches and most of the crown. A small metal fence roughly the circumference of the crown, encircles the tree. There is a woman outside the fence off to the right, next to a wooden box.

The Chortitza Oak tree (same as MHC 531:5, but digitally enhanced). It had a height of 35 metres. The crown had a diameter of 43 metres, and the trunk about 3.4 metre. The tree was 700-800 years old when the photo was taken. Taken in the spring or summer, it shows the trunk, branches and most of the crown. A small metal fence roughly the circumference of the crown, encircles the tree. There is a woman outside the fence off to the right, next to a wooden box.

This postcard was produced by Lithogr. Kunstanstalt Mehner & Maas, Leipzig R. A collage of images have the following identification on the card: Total Ansicht (total overview), Mennoniten Kirche (Mennonite church), Amstgebaeude Post u. Telephon Comploir (administrative office of the postal and telephone service), Grosse Eiche (grand oak). The handwritten message in German Gothic script is addressed to brother-in-law and sister-in-law. No signature.

This is a colour photocopy of four leaves from the Chortitza Oak tree.

This photo is a photocopy of four leaves from the Chortitza oak tree.

"The old oak (Loewen) tree in Chortitza" taken from the film "The Great Trek".
In the identical picture Old Oak tree of Chortitza (in related descriptions) in the Mennonite Archives Ontario - the scope and content identifies some of the people in the picture.

This is a photo of the Old Oak [Chortitza oak] as it looked years ago when well-built Mennonite homes still surrounded it, and when generations of Mennonites grew up in the shade of the tree or, at times, in its branches. [HR 50].

The photo was taken by Rudolph Zaft. In the photo is his wife Olga Zaft. She is holding daughter Lilly Zaft (b. 1936). The boy in the tree is Paul Hahn. Sitting is daughter Ida Zaft and standing by the pol is son Arthur Zaft.