Friedenslinde, Ancient linden tree in Dippoldiswalde, Germany
The Friedenslinde is a linden tree standing in the Lange-Grund on the Alte Meißner Straße in Seifersdorf, a district of Dippoldiswalde in Saxony. Its trunk measured 5.10 metres in diameter in 2000, corresponding to an age of roughly 350 years. Repeated lightning strikes have cost the tree its original height.
The linden at this spot is documented since 1892, when the Seifersdorf chronicle first recorded it. The chronicle notes that lightning struck the tree several times, costing it its original height. In 2000 its trunk measured 5.10 metres across, corresponding to an age of roughly 350 years.
The linden is recorded in the Seifersdorf chronicle, which notes that it has been struck by lightning several times, costing it its original height. Its trunk measured 5.10 metres in diameter in 2000, corresponding to an age of roughly 350 years.
The tree is freely accessible year-round and can be visited at any time, though spring and summer months are particularly pleasant. Paths surrounding the tree make it easy to approach and explore without special equipment or preparation.
The tree has been struck by lightning several times, which cost it its original height. Its trunk measured 5.10 metres in diameter in 2000, pointing to an age of roughly 350 years, so the tree predates its first documented mention in the Seifersdorf chronicle in 1892.
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