Quest tree

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The quest on a rock face west of Questenberg
The place Questenberg; top left The Quest ; 1842

The quest tree is a peeled oak trunk with a wheel cross attached , a bush of tree branches at the top and two tassels made of birch twigs on the sides of the wheel cross. It stands on a karst cliff in the southern Harz town of Questenberg . The green of the wheel cross and the tassels have been greened with fresh birch leaves by the quest team every year since 1722 on Whit Monday as part of the quest festival. The oak trunk is set anew if necessary, i.e. every 10 years.

See also

literature

  • Jens Peter Schjødt: World Tree. In: Heinrich Beck, Dieter Geuenich, Heiko Steuer (Hrsg.): Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde. Vol. 23, 2nd edition. de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 2006. pp. 451–453.
  • Forest and field cults . 2 parts. Berlin 1875/1877 (full texts: Vol. 1 , Vol. 2 ). Reprint: Olms, Hildesheim 2002, ISBN 3-487-11479-8 , ISBN 3-487-11480-1 . 2nd edition by W. Heuschkel, Berlin 1904/1905 ( full text )

Coordinates: 51 ° 29 '35.58 "  N , 11 ° 7' 2.72"  E