Old and New Salzunger Botenfrau
Hiking Highlight
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This Highlight is in a protected area
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The Salzunger messenger woman is a 400 to 500 year old beech on the Milmesberg. It was expelled in 1966 as a natural monument.
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•September 30, 2018
The Sallmannshäuser Rennsteig leads across the Milmesberg area. Near the highest point we can still find the remains of the "Salzung messenger woman", a several hundred year old European beech tree (Fagus sylvatica), which was struck by lightning. According to legend, a woman from Salzung who ran messenger services between Bad Salzungen and Bad Salzungen found rest in its shade in the Wartburg town of Eisenach. A beech tree has now been replanted.
translated by•October 17, 2023
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