Linner linden tree

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Linner linden tree from the west

The Linner Linde (in the vernacular Aargauerstrasse d loin Lenn vo ) is a striking leaved lime ( Tilia platyphyllos ), the near Linn on the community spell of Bözberg in Swiss Aargau stands.

The linden tree in March

With a height of 25 meters and a trunk circumference of eleven meters, it is considered the mightiest tree in the Aargau. The legend says that the Linde commemorating the plague was donated by one of the last remaining villagers. The plague raged in the village of Linn in the 16th and 17th centuries. Century particularly violent. The actual age of the linden tree is, however, much higher; it is assumed to be around 800 years.

Another legend threatens that the world will end if one day the linden tree no longer casts its shadow once a year on Habsburg Castle , the ancestral seat of the dynasty of the same name us »(with« Ruedeli »is meant Rudolf von Habsburg ).

See also

literature

  • Announcements of the Aargau Natural Research Society, XXII. Booklet, Aarau 1945.
  • Kurt Derungs: Tree magic. The 22 cult trees in Switzerland. Amalia, Grenchen 2008, ISBN 978-3-905581-27-0 .

Web links

Commons : Linner Linde  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Monument Preservation Switzerland: The Linner Linden tree and its village.

Coordinates: 47 ° 28 ′ 15 "  N , 8 ° 8 ′ 0"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred fifty-two thousand three hundred and seventy-three  /  two hundred fifty-eight thousand and sixteen