Femlinde
The Femlinde is a memorial tree on the north-western edge of the Barmer plants in Wuppertal . The linden tree was planted in October 1894. The summer lime tree ( Tilia platyphyllos ) is protected as a natural monument under the designation 7/05.
Emil Rittershaus , poet of the Westfalenlied , received a root sprout from the Dortmund Femlinde as a gift from the city of Dortmund in 1893 . This was first mentioned in 1838 as "Vemlinde".
Rittershaus had passed the gift on to the Barmer Beautification Society for use in the Barmer facilities. A large lawn underneath the plateau on which the Barmer town hall was located until the Second World War was chosen as the location . The BEK administration building, which is now used by the Wupper Association, was later erected on the plateaus .
In January 1903, Albert Heuser, board member of the Beautification Association, tried to create a protective and artistically designed fence. His request was initially postponed several times, as it was believed that a simple copper plate with an inscription would be sufficient. At the beginning of 1908, Heuser and the director of the Werdelmann School of Applied Arts initiated a competition. The first prize went to the sculptor Wilhelm Giesecke with his design " Stone and Iron ". The second and third prizes went to the architect Peter Klotzbach with his designs “ Unterordnung ” and “ Laues Leben ”. Giesecke's design was carried out, with Heuser bearing the costs. At that time the tree was 9.85 meters tall and 49 centimeters in circumference.
From the enclosure, the obelisk-shaped delimitation stones and the connecting curved iron band have been preserved. Most of the quarry stones, which were stored in front of the cave-like, are still preserved. They just lie deeper in the ground. The metal plaque was melted down during World War II.
Their inscription read:
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ruth Meyer-Kahrweg : Monuments, fountains and sculptures in Wuppertal . Born-Verlag, Wuppertal 1991, ISBN 3-87093-057-8 .
- ↑ Natural monument list of the city of Wuppertal PDF file from December 19, 2008.
- ^ Femlinde, accessed May 2008.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 16 ′ 0.5 ″ N , 7 ° 12 ′ 11.1 ″ E