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Wooden winch Dippoldiswalde © Heide Honig
Oct 13, 2025
The 'underground forest' of Dippoldiswalde reveals medieval forest history
This year's award winner, Prof. Ernst van der Maaten (right in the picture), was honored by the Rector of the University of Freiburg, Prof. Kerstin Krieglstein, and the founder and Chairman of the Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation, Robert Mayr. © Johannes Meger
Oct 01, 2025
Dendroecologist Ernst van der Maaten receives 2025 German Forest Science Prize
Beech leaves © Marieke van der Maaten
Sep 29, 2025
Phenotypic plasticity challenges assisted migration in beech
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Ernst and Marieke © Till Junker

Welcome

Welcome to the website of the Chair of Forest Growth and Woody Biomass Production. Here you will find information about our research and teaching activities, our specialized tree-ring laboratory DendroLab, and our latest publications.

The Chair and DendroLab are headed by Prof. Dr. Marieke van der Maaten-Theunissen and Prof. Dr. Ernst van der Maaten.