Linde auf dem Anger in Holzhausen, Natural monument tree in Holzhausen, Herleshausen, Germany

The Linde auf dem Anger is a linden tree on the small semicircular village green of Holzhausen, which is held up by a high, socle-like limestone wall given its present form in the late 1970s. The tree stands within the walled circle; only the stumps of five branches once drawn out star-shaped at the same height remain around the trunk. Above the green stand the brick former school of 1908 and the Old Church of 1713.

The village used this tree as a meeting place for judicial proceedings under local lords starting in the Middle Ages. The tree itself has been growing in this location for roughly 300 years.

The tree stands on the village green that served as a meeting place and court site. Village jurisdiction belonged to Fulda Abbey until 1539, then passed to the Treusch von Buttlar family; after the 17th century only summary courts for fence, forest and field trespass were held under the linden.

The tree and its plaza are protected as natural monuments with special regulations for any maintenance or modifications. Visitors can freely access the site and view the plaza from multiple angles.

Five branches once radiated star-like from the trunk at the same height and were propped up; they were removed one by one, and only their stumps remain around the trunk today. A 1950s account describes the crown spreading in two tiers, the result of earlier pruning.