Petition linden tree

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Later portrayal of Friedrich II receiving petitions to the linden tree

The petition linden tree stood in Potsdam on Humboldtstrasse, on the southern corner of the City Palace . It was the most famous tree in the city. In the place of the original tree there is now a second linden tree , which is also called the petitioned linden tree .

history

The linden tree takes its name from the petitions that were handed over to the Prussian kings there. Frederick the Great in particular , who had a good view of the tree from his study in the castle, regularly received supplicas there . Later, those from the linden tree were simply pinned to the branches.

Notice board on the linden tree, 2017

Nowadays there is a notice board next to the linden tree that provides information about the tree and its history. A data code is also attached to it, which can be used to connect directly to the website of the Petitions Committee of the Brandenburg State Parliament via mobile phone in order to be able to submit a petition there on the spot , the parliamentary form of petition.

First linden tree

Of the imperial linden trees planted near the city palace from the time of the Great Elector , only one remained after 1886, the petition linden tree . Already decrepit, it survived the destruction of the Second World War in 1945, but was finally felled on January 9, 1949.

Second linden tree

The new petition linden tree on Otto-Braun-Platz in front of the city palace

For the 1000th anniversary of the city of Potsdam , a new linden tree was planted at a historic location in 1993, which was transplanted all around to a tree nursery during the major construction work in the early 21st century and has been back in its traditional location at Otto-Braun- Place in front of the former study of Frederick the Great at the City Palace.

Web links

Commons : Bittschriftenlinde Potsdam  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The digital complaint tree. pnn.de, September 20, 2016, accessed on September 20, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b Petition Linden should go back to the castle. MAZ-Online, February 28, 2015, accessed on July 21, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Petition linden tree planted in Potsdam - the city of Potsdam is gradually getting its face back. TrendJam Magazine, accessed December 1, 2015 .
  4. ↑ The Return of a Legendary Tree. pnn.de, December 1, 2015, accessed December 1, 2015 .
  5. ↑ New life on the old journey. MAZ-Online, September 4, 2015, accessed on November 5, 2015 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 23  '39.7 " N , 13 ° 3' 40.7"  E