Candelabra

The candelabra in the Dorla cemetery (May 2015)

The Priorlinde in Hagen-Priorei

The Lindenallee in the Thumeritzer Sasswald (Geras)

A candelabra Linde is a Linde , the shape of a candelabrum remembers (candelabra). Its main branches spread horizontally at a height of up to two meters and then grow vertically upwards like the arms of a candelabra.

Well-known candelabra linden (selection)

Well-known candelabra linden trees are the candelabra linden tree by Dorla and the prior linden tree in priory . The Kanderlaberlinde in Breckerfeld is a designated natural monument .

An avenue consisting of 35 candelabra linden trees in the municipality of Geras was declared a natural monument in 1958.

literature

• The term is mentioned in: Official Gazette of the government in Cassel. Orphanage printing house 1936, p. 38.
• Hans Joachim Fröhlich: Volume 1, Hesse. In: Paths to old trees. WDV-Wirtschaftsdienst, Frankfurt 1990, ISBN 3-926181-06-0 .

See also

• Millennial linden tree
• List of prominent and old tree specimens

Web links

• baumkunde.de: Kandelaber-Linde near Remsfeld , accessed on April 16, 2016

Footnotes

1. ↑ The tree was trimmed to a height of around 5 m in summer 2015
2. ↑ Hans Joachim Fröhlich: candelabra in Breckerfeld. In: Volume 1, Hessen. In: Paths to old trees. Retrieved April 16, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Lower Austria natural monument HO-060 Lindenallee near Unterthumeritz