Tanzlinde in Sachsenbrunn

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Tanzlinde

The Tanzlinde in Sachsenbrunn is a natural monument and stands on the Werra Bridge in the center of Sachsendorf , a district of Sachsenbrunn in the town of Eisfeld in the Hildburghausen district , on the southern edge of the Thuringian Forest . The summer linden tree ( Tilia platyphyllos ) has served as a festival and dance place for centuries. It gets its striking growth form from the fact that its branches were pulled in order to build a dance floor in the linden tree, which is used during festivities in the summer months.

description

The linden tree stands at about 480 meters above sea ​​level and was planted shortly after the end of the Thirty Years' War . The first evidence comes from the year 1662, recorded with the entry two Lindlein in the inventory of the municipality of Sachsendorf. One of the two linden trees mentioned is said to be today's Tanzlinde . The linden tree is about 13 meters high and has a crown diameter of 11 meters. The trunk circumference measured at a height of one meter was 4.3 meters in 1994. The linden tree is around 350 to 360 years old.

Dance podium

Stairway to the platform

According to the German Tree Archives , the linden tree is one of five danced linden trees with a retracted dance floor in Germany. The other linden trees are in Limmersdorf and Peesten (both in Upper Franconia ) and in Oberstadt and Effelder (both in Thuringia). The linden tree in Sachsenbrunn is the oldest and largest. The branches of the linden tree were pulled, pegged and partly cut off at a young age in such a way that even branch forks could form at a height of about 2.5 meters. Branches that lay above and below were cut off at a young age so that the desired branches could develop so powerfully that they could later support the platform. It took several decades to pull and guide the branches until they were strong enough to support the platform. In the Tanzlinde in neighboring Effelder, it is proven that 44 years passed from the planting of the linden tree to the drawing in of the dance floor.

Dance podium in the linden tree

On the lowest wreath of branches of the linden tree, at a height of about 2.5 meters, there is an octagonal podium with a diameter of about seven meters, which can be reached with nine steps from the street side via a staircase that can be closed with a double door. The platform is secured to the outside with a slatted frame. There are benches all around in front of it. The platform is connected to the horizontal branches below with iron straps. On one side it has a balcony-like square bulge. So that the branches are relieved of the weight of the platform, ten sandstone pillars were erected as supports under the platform . Old calculations show that the platform was built in the 18th century. A second wreath of branches forms the roof of the dance platform. The branches of the lower wreath of branches grow under the pedestal and strive upward outside the pedestal. As a result, the structure in the tree is almost completely covered and enclosed.

Festival and dance area

Upper support structure of the platform

The dancing linden tree has been used for festivities since the 18th century. In the past, people liked to dance and sing in the open air. Already in the first days of spring, when the linden tree got its first green leaves, the village musicians invited to the May dance . Choirs sang about the homeland and during the harvest season in autumn the fair dance took place on the platform. The festivities in the linden tree have lasted to this day. Especially at the parish fair, the fair society meets to dance in the linden tree. According to a centuries-old tradition, the community organizes an annual linden festival .

Web links

Commons : Tanzlinde Sachsenbrunn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Information board from R. Hofmann at the Tanzlinde.
  2. ^ Fröhlich: Paths to old trees - Thuringia. Page 202.
  3. ↑ Uwe Kühn, Stefan Kühn, Bernd Ullrich: Trees that tell stories. Page 11.
  4. ^ Chronicle of the Effelder Tanzlinde
  5. ^ Fröhlich: Paths to old trees - Thuringia. Page 48.

literature

  • Hans Joachim Fröhlich : Paths to old trees - Volume 2, Bavaria. Widi-Druck, Offenbach 1990, ISBN 3-926181-09-5 .
  • Hans Joachim Fröhlich: Old lovable trees in Germany. Cornelia Ahlering Verlag, Buchholz 2000, ISBN 3-926600-05-5 .
  • Uwe Kühn, Stefan Kühn, Bernd Ullrich: Trees that tell stories. BLV Buchverlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-405-16767-1 .
  • Michael Brunner: Important linden trees - 400 giant trees in Germany. Haupt Verlag, Bern, Stuttgart, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-258-07248-7 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 38.4 "  N , 10 ° 56 ′ 40.5"  E