TonThe deep and widely branched roots enable the majestic lime tree to withstand strong storms. Sturdy trees are easy to knock off on trunks and sticks. This is how he reached old age. Specimens between 400 and 500 years old are not uncommon. The linden tree from Schenklengsfeld, a village near Bad Hersfeld, is said to be more than 1,000 years old. Bodhi trees are revered in many places because they are endowed with special powers. In the past, many transactions were carried out under the branches of old linden trees. The young man danced lightly under the linden tree in the village and rested in peace in his old age. During the German Empire and the Habsburg dynasty, people planted linden trees to celebrate the birthday of the ruler, the anniversary of the government, and military victories.
Trees with heart-shaped, saw-leaved, floral, and tall crowns always bring multiple benefits to people. The Greeks and Romans have distinguished between summer (Tilia platyphyllos), winter (Tilia cordata) and silver linden (Tilia tomentosa). This soft, light-colored wood is easy to process, usually with a reddish color, and can be used to make boxes and boxes, as well as cups and writing boards. It was not only popular with sculptors in the late Gothic period. Then the bark was used to cover the roof. Skilled hands use bast to make ropes and bags, mats and baskets until they are replaced by linen and hemp. Beekeepers have always regarded the linden tree as a pasture for bees. Its flowers provide adequate nutrition. The sweat-absorbent tea made from the dried flowers of the linden tree helps to catch a cold.
Lover bed
As we read in Ovid’s “The Metamorphosis”, the old couple Fremont and Boss became two trees: Fremont became an oak tree, and Boss became a linden tree. Walther von der Vogelweide placed a couple’s bed under the lime tree outdoors. After committing suicide in the cemetery, Goethe’s Werther wanted to be buried in the shade of two linden trees. Love and Linden also came together in Franz Schubert’s Lied vom Lindenbaum.
Who doesn’t know? The main melody is catchy, major, simple triplets and scales make it a popular folk song: “Fountain in front of the door, / there is a linden tree; / I dream in his shadow / many sweet dreams.” This song It is part of “Winterreise”, a famous cycle whose poems William Muller wrote and were inspired by the romantics Clemens Brentano, Achim von Anim and Novalis Impact. He was born in Dessau and is an enthusiastic Philadelphian who used his pen to support Greece’s struggle for independence. As a writer, he was not particularly valued by his contemporaries, but when Franz Schubert adapted his poems into music, he gained an immortal reputation. Both the poet and composer died young—Müller was 32 in 1827 and Schubert was 31 in 1828—never know each other.
“Winterreise” consists of 24 songs, the fifth of which is about “Bodhi Tree”. Here, just like in the whole trip, the lyrical theme is driven by pain: “I have to hike today / go by late at night / I close my eyes in the dark / close my eyes. “The hiker cuts into the bark of the linden tree” A lot of sweet words”; In “Joy and Sorrow”, he was attracted by the tree again and again: “Its branches are rustling, / as if they are calling me: come to me, skilled person, / here you will Rest in peace!” His tortured soul longed for the afterlife. He has found the ideal place for the final rest. The cold wind blew on his face, and his hat finally flew off his head. He doesn’t look back, but he knows the goal of his journey, which will not bring him back to his beloved, but will end his suffering in the world: “Now I have many hours / far from that place / always listening’ I rustle:/ You will find peace there!”
Many people have heard of the rustle of lime trees, including Thomas Mann. In “Magic Mountain”, Hans Kastop humming to himself when World War I broke out on “World Day of the Dead”. Today, no one uses the Bodhi tree as a symbol of romantic death worship, and the names of relatives are almost never carved on its bark. At the same time, the Austrian tree of 2021 has become a symbol of hope. Because it seems that linden trees-especially winter and silver linden trees-seem to ignore climate change, because they can flexibly deal with the different challenges that soil, air quality and temperature pose to them.
