Peace Pole for Peace Activists’ 80th birthday in Ehekirchen, Bavaria, Germany.

November 2, 2026

Peace Activist Christoph Richert gifted himself a Peace Pole for his 80th birthday.

The Peace Pole is made from Oak wood. It is planted in his garden, in Ehekirchen, Bavaria, Germany.

He writes: “Times are difficult.  I hope that these horrors of war will come to an end as soon as possible and that peaceful relations among people and nations will once again take root.”

Christoph and his nature conservation society actively participated in a Peace Pole planting in 2014, when the little town of Pöttmes and its twin sister in France received a Peace Pole on the same day.