Pilgrimage linden tree
The pilgrimage linden tree is a very old linden tree in Schwanebeck in Saxony-Anhalt .
Location and nature
The age of the linden tree, located in the immediate vicinity of the Catholic Church of the Sacrament of the Holy Sacrament, is unknown. According to legend, it dates back to 1334. Today only remnants of the trunk, which is still vital, are preserved. Due to this condition, it is not possible to specify a tree circumference in the classic sense. The few remaining branches sink to the ground and are partly supported by walls and a brick pillar. The tree is surrounded by many old linden trees that developed from branches of the old linden tree that touched the ground and spontaneously re-rooted . A cross is erected in the center of the linden tree. The linden tree serves as a place of pilgrimage. It is surrounded by a small fence.
Legend and pilgrimage
In 1334 a thief is said to have stolen the golden ciborium from the Sankt-Johannis-Kirche in nearby Büblingen, which today belongs to Schwanebeck, and then buried it in a field. The next day the horse of a farmer plowing the field is said to have stopped at this point. The farmer dug and found the chalice and the hosts in it . He then went to the pastor to report on the find. Before doing this, however, he marked the spot with his whip stick made of linden wood. The stick should then have started to take root and turn green. Today's linden tree would have emerged from the farmer's whip stick.
The “green whip stick” became known and became a Catholic pilgrimage site. The Halberstadt bishop Albrecht is said to have founded the pilgrimage chapel, which still exists today as a church for the most holy altar sacrament, out of gratitude for the recovery of the ciborium. After the pilgrimage was interrupted by the secularization of the Halberstadt Burchardi monastery, which took place in 1809, it has taken place again on the Sunday after Corpus Christi since 1924 .
literature
- Uwe Kühn, Stefan Kühn, Bernd Ullrich: Trees that tell stories . BLV Buchverlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8354-0442-7 , p. 108 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Ute Bednarz, Dehio, Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler , Saxony-Anhalt I, administrative region Magdeburg , Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , page 851
Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 43.6 " N , 11 ° 7 ′ 44.7" E