The Marienlinde of Linden
Linden, Gemeinde Wessobrunn
Seasons1 of 4
A few kilometres from the Tassilolinde, in a hamlet that shares its municipality, stands a second lime with a name of its own. The Marienlinde of Linden is presumed roughly 400 years old, a figure German Wikipedia states plainly as an estimate rather than a measurement. The tree survey run by Rainer Lippert's monumentale-eichen.de project measured it in 2018 at 9.85 metres round at breast height, 20 metres tall, a broad crown that the tourist board lists as defining the character of the hamlet. Unlike its more famous neighbour, the Marienlinde carries no legend about a sleeping duke, just a name, a protected status as a Naturdenkmal, and four centuries of standing in one place. The regional tourist board groups it with the Tassilolinde as a pair of waypoints worth the detour, and locals treat it the same way, as a landmark you drive past on the way into the hamlet rather than a tourist stop with a car park. It stands in the open in the middle of Linden, free to see at any hour, a short drive from Wessobrunn's own famous lime and easily added to the same trip.
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Village centre of Linden, Gemeinde Wessobrunn, Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau, Bavaria, Germany
You can recognise it by a broad crown that the tourist board says defines the hamlet, trunk 9.85 metres round. It stands in the open in the middle of Linden.
Free, no permission needed. A protected Naturdenkmal standing in the open in the hamlet of Linden; listed as a public point of interest by Chiemsee-Alpenland Tourismus.
Rural Upper Bavaria, no train station in Linden itself; Weilheim in Oberbayern is the nearest town with a station, roughly 20 to 25 minutes by car. About 3.7km from the Tassilolinde in Wessobrunn village, a short drive rather than a walk.
In bloom
Scented pale yellow flowers in June, loud with bees
The line is our estimate of how much there is to see, not a measurement. Typical for this species where this tree stands; exact weeks shift with the year.
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