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The Hollow Linden (Legendary Hollow Linden Tree)

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The Hollow Linden (Legendary Hollow Linden Tree)

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Location: Hartenstein, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany

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1. Mulde Weir at Aue – Stein Castle loop from Thierfeld

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2. Forsthaus Zur Prinzenhöhle – Princes' Cave loop from Hartenstein

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3. Stein Castle – Mulde Weir at Aue loop from Hartenstein

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Andi

January 2, 2021

A soldier got stuck there and died. The skeleton, the uniform and the saber were found.

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Hundephysiotherapie Heike Amthor

August 29, 2021

Say "Die Huhle Lind"

At this point there used to be a mighty linden tree, around which a legend is entwined:

"Die huhle Lind"

The soul of the hard-hearted "Wild Count" (probably Ernst II. Von Schönburg), which found no rest after his death, is said to have been banished to this tree. Here it rumbled for a few years.

When a storm uprooted the linden tree at the end of the 19th century, forest workers found a skeleton with a soldier's saber and uniform in the hollow trunk. Presumably a deserted recruit from the war of 1756 had hidden in the hollow trunk and could no longer get out.

Certainly he called and for a few days

knocked before he finally died of hunger and exhaustion. Lonely forest walkers will have believed in a "ghost" and anxiously walked on.

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Nicole 🚶‍♀️& Franca 🐕

September 22, 2021

A legend to read

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Location: Hartenstein, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany

The Hollow Linden (Legendary Hollow Linden Tree)

1. Mulde Weir at Aue – Stein Castle loop from Thierfeld

2. Forsthaus Zur Prinzenhöhle – Princes' Cave loop from Hartenstein

3. Stein Castle – Mulde Weir at Aue loop from Hartenstein

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