Reinberg Lime


The Reinberg Lime is a roughly 1,000-year-old lime tree by the Reinberg [Village Church|village church] in Reinberg in the German district of Vorpommern-Rügen.
The age of the lime tree, which has been designated as a natural monument, is estimated at 1,000 years old, which makes the tree considerably older than the neighbouring historic village church. The tree has a height of about 19 metres and a crown diameter of about 17 metres. The girth of the trunk at a height of 1.30 metres is 10.80 metres.
From 1782, following a senate resolution, priests were buried beneath the lime tree rather than being interred in front of the altar as had hitherto been the case. In 1795, the lime was mentioned in the travel diaries of. He wrote:
In 1796, Wilhelm [von Humboldt] also admired the tree.

Literature

  • Stefan Kühn, Bernd Ullrich, Uwe Kühn: Unsere 500 ältesten Bäume. BLV, Munich, 2009,, p. 38.