Chalice-Linden

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Chalice-Linden, 2018
historical photo (undated), view from the south
2012

The Kelch-Linde ( Estonian Kelchi pärn ) is a Dutch lime tree in the Estonian capital Tallinn ( German  Reval ).

location

It is located in the historic old town of Reval on the south side of the Nikolaikirche , east of Ritterstraße (Estonian Rüütli tänav) and the listed row of houses there, including the house Ritterstraße 12 .

Shape and history

The linden tree, which probably grew or was planted around 1650, is considered the oldest tree in Reval. An investigation in 1999 found the probable age to be 340 to 350 years. A newspaper article from 1938 mentions the year 1680 as the date of planting. The name Kelch goes back to the fact that the pastor and chronicler Christian Kelch is said to have been buried in 1710 at the foot of the linden tree . Kelch was supposed to be senior pastor of the Nikolaikirche in 1710, but died of the plague before he could take office.

According to a measurement from 1997, the linden tree was 18 meters high and with a trunk height of 1.3 meters, a circumference of 4.62 meters. After larger branches have been broken off, their height for 2015 is given as eight meters with a trunk circumference of 5.10 meters. The tree is under nature protection, with an area of ​​seven meters around the tree, a total of 0.02 hectares, are under protection. In the lower part of the tree, which only has a rudimentary crown, there is a closed cavity.

On the occasion of the city's award as European City of the Trees in 2015, the fence around the tree was renewed and a plaque with information on the history and botany of the tree in Estonian and English was installed.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tallinna vanim puu tõstetakse väärikalt esile on maaleht.delfi.ee, published online on May 26, 2015 (Estonian)
  2. ↑ Heldur Sander, Põlispärnad Eesti linnades on vana.loodusajakiri.ee, November 2002 (Estonian)
  3. ^ Sophie Dehio, Reval once and now, Verlag von Franz Kluge, Reval 1910, page 77
  4. ↑ Kelchi pärn on register.keskkonnainfo.ee (Estonian)
  5. ↑ Information on the blackboard on the tree, viewed in 2018
  6. ↑ Kelchi pärn on register.keskkonnainfo.ee (Estonian)
  7. ↑ Tallinn is European City of the Trees on taspo.de, published online on July 3, 2015

Coordinates: 59 ° 26 ′ 8.1 ″  N , 24 ° 44 ′ 32.2 ″  E