If trees are felled on the annafest-gelande, the mood is abruptly irritated. Since a 43-year-old man was killed by a branch and a 15-year-old girl was seriously injured in 2005, the city forester has cut down every tree that poses even the slightest risk.
Kafer infestation and drought always provide arguments for clearing, criticizes ulrich buchholz, chairman of the bund naturschutz (nature conservation association). In the city forest, he observes "a tendency to identify trees as storers and eliminate them".