Silberlinde

Planted around 1970Family: Mallow familyOrigin: It comes from Southeast Europe, its natural distribution ranges from Ukraine to Asia Minor.Deciduous stately tree up to about 30 meters high.Leaves are obliquely heart-shaped with a sharply serrated margin, the underside is silvery white-felted, which is why it is called the silver linden, in contrast to the summer and winter linden with green leaves.The Latin name "Tilia" is derived from the word "wing," which refers to the appearance of the floral bract. Furthermore, the word linden is related to the Latin "lentus," meaning "lind" for soft, flexible, and tough.Thousands of field and place names commemorate lindens. Often, one finds field monuments such as crosses, boundary stones, or chapels near mighty lindens.Lindens in folk songs: In the song "Am Brunnen vor dem Tore" (lyrics by Wilhelm Müller and melody by Franz Schubert) it says:By the fountain outside the gate, there stands a linden tree:I dreamed many a sweet dream in its shade;I carved many a loving word into its bark;in joy and sorrow, it always drew me to it.In the first stanza of the well-known German folk song "Kein schöner Land" from that time, the linden is mentioned as a meeting place:No land is more beautiful in this time,than ours far and wide.Where we meetwell under lindensat evening time.

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• 03.10.2025 – 03.10.2050dailyopen all day