Tassilolinde, Important tree in Wessobrunn, Germany.
The Tassilolinde is a large-leaved lime (Tilia platyphyllos) standing about 20 metres outside the south-east corner of the Wessobrunn monastery wall. Its trunk measures roughly 14 metres around, the third-largest girth of any lime in Bavaria, and its crown spans 27 metres at a height of 25 metres.
The tree's age is unknown; the Kuratorium Nationalerbe-Baum of the Deutsche Dendrologische Gesellschaft estimated it at 700 to 900 years. In October 2023 it was awarded the title Nationalerbe-Baum, Germany's 30th such tree. It is also designated a natural monument.
The name comes from a modern embellishment of the monastery's founding legend: Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria dreamed beneath the tree of three springs forming a cross, and in 753 founded Kloster Wessobrunn, named after Wezzo, who found the springs. The tree stands about 20 metres outside the southeast corner of the monastery wall.
The tree stands about 20 metres outside the lower south-east corner of the Wessobrunn monastery wall, so it is reached on foot along the wall from the abbey grounds. The trunk is roughly 14 metres around, so allow space to walk round it. It is listed as a natural monument.
The tree stands about 20 metres outside the lower south-east corner of the monastery wall, not inside the grounds. Its trunk circumference of roughly 14 metres makes it Bavaria's third-thickest linden, after the Wolframslinde at 16 metres and the Kasberger Linde at 15.8 metres.
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