The linden tree stands in the center of the village square next to the fortified church and is known as the linden tree. The tree was a thing place, meetings and courts were held here. Festivals and dances were held here in the 19th and 20th centuries. The lime tree is characterized by the beautifully grown very flat tree top and is still full of vitality.

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May 28, 2018

The Tanzlinde (also called Thousand-year-old Linden or Dorflinde) is a lime tree (Tilia platyphyllos) on the village square, opposite the fortified church in the Upper Franconian Effeltrich, on the western edge of the Franconian Switzerland. For centuries, the tree served as the central meeting place, thing and place of jurisdiction, and as a festival and dance place in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Location: Effeltrich, Forchheim, Franconian Switzerland, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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