Giant linden tree to Heede
The giant linden tree zu Heede , also known as the thick linden tree and the thousand-year-old linden tree , is a protected natural monument in Heede , a municipality in the municipality of Dörpen in the Emsland district of Lower Saxony .
It is considered the largest linden tree in Europe. For centuries it has been the landmark and center of the village and has also found its place in the municipality's coat of arms .
The linden, a summer linden (Tilia platyphyllos), has a trunk circumference of 15.39 meters. It is 20 meters high and has a crown diameter of approx. 35 meters. Their age is estimated to be over 500 to 1000 years. In October 2019 the summer linden tree was named nationwide first " national heritage tree ".
Riesenlinde zu Heede (2017)
Trunk of the giant linden tree
Coat of arms of Heede
See also
- List of distinctive and old tree specimens # Niedersachsen - Linden
- Linden (genus) # Known individual specimens of the genus Linden
- List of natural monuments in the Emsland district (ND EL 00024)
- Heede (Emsland) #Culture and sights
Web links
- September 2014 - The giant linden tree in Heede on na-tour-denkmal.de
- Heeder Riesenlinde on baumkunde.de (with other web links)
- Giant linden tree in Heede on zauber-alter-baeume.de
- Giant linden tree in Heede on baumveteranen.jimdo.com
- Giant linden from Heede on galerien.ellobo.de
- Vote for the "thick lime tree" on ndr.de on February 9, 2016
- Heede: The "thick linden tree" is now national heritage on October 6, 2019 on ndr.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Riesenlinde in the directory of monumental oaks . Retrieved January 31, 2017
- ↑ Deutschlandfunk: Old Trees. The "Big Linden Tree" in Heede is the first "National Heritage Tree" . October 5, 2019. Online at www.deutschlandfunk.de. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- ↑ "Thick Linde Heede / Emsland" Nationalerbe-Baum, at nationalerbe-baeume.de
Coordinates: 52 ° 59 ′ 36.1 ″ N , 7 ° 17 ′ 44.9 ″ E