Wolfram linden

The tungsten linden tree in Ried am Haidstein near Bad Kötzting in the Bavarian Forest is one of the oldest linden trees in Germany . According to legend, it is said to be over 1000 years old. It is more likely to be up to 800 years old.

The summer linden ( Tilia platyphyllos ) has a trunk circumference of 12.21 meters and a height of 13 meters. The main crown of the tree was badly damaged by storms in 1950. In 1967 the "tree surgeon" Michael Maurer treated and supported the linden tree, which meant that the bizarre and gnarled linden tree should be preserved for the future. Measures were carried out that no longer correspond to the current state of knowledge. So the rotten trunk wood was screwed down to the healthy wood , which - as we know today - promotes the infestation with tree fungi . Although the linden tree has been hollow for centuries and practically only stands on its bark, it turns green and blossoms every year anew.

The tree got its name only in modern times after the medieval epic Wolfram von Eschenbach , who in his Parzival around 1200 mentions the nearby castle on Haidstein as the residence of a mysterious margravine (Adela von Vohburg?).

Wolfram linden tree 2004
Wolframslinde 2015
Wolframlinden trunk view
Tungsten linden supports
Wolframslinde memorial stone

literature

Stefan Kühn, Bernd Ullrich, Uwe Kühn: "Our 500 oldest trees", page 272, BlV, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8354-0376-5
Michel Brunner: "Significant lime trees: 400 giant trees in Germany", page 72, Haupt, Bern 2007, ISBN 978-3-258-07248-7