# Boniface Fells Donar's Oak (723)

URL: https://germany-history.com/timeline/723-boniface-fells-donar-s-oak
Location: Geismar, Hesse
Categories: main-event

In 723 the Anglo-Saxon missionary Boniface cut down a sacred oak dedicated to the god Thor (Donar) at Geismar in Hesse. When no divine punishment followed, many locals converted. Boniface organised the German Church, founded Fulda Abbey and was martyred in Frisia in 754.

## Why it matters
Boniface laid the ecclesiastical foundations of Christian Germany.

## Sources
- [Wikipedia – Donar's Oak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donar's_Oak)
- [Wikipedia – Saint Boniface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Boniface)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica – Saint Boniface](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Boniface)