There used to be 488 linden trees at the protected natural monument Lindenallee.
In the end there were only 41 left. Now, however, another 18 winter linden trees have been planted.
Wartenberg / Kirchberg - The replanting on Lindenallee will continue.
On Tuesday there was a press conference for the 18 winter linden trees that complement the 41 trees that have already been planted, probably also as a reaction to the political turmoil that has been around the avenue in recent years.
In addition to representatives of the district administration, the mayors of Wartenberg and Kirchberg, Christian Pröbst and Dieter Neumaier were also present.
They met at Schachtelberg, a place that is quite explosive due to a current political debate in the market town council: In the building committee, a large riding hall failed due to its proximity to the avenue (we reported).
The Lindenallee is officially under protection as a natural monument, but it has become more and more sketchy over time.
There was a long back and forth about the distances to the street, the question of the availability of the property.
In 2017 a petition was even sent to the state parliament, and Ulrike Scharf also campaigned for it to be preserved at the time.
According to the Federal Nature Conservation Union, there were 2,000 signatures, and the Greens in the district incorporated the petition's demands into an application.
There were once 488 linden trees.
How many there are now, after the quite visible show of strength, has not yet been counted.
It is a district road, so the district is responsible.
An initiative by the Greens in the Wartenberg Market Council that the market should be active here was therefore met with incomprehension.
It has now been replanted, comparatively close to the street, which revives the old alley character.
“We are investing in a unique natural monument that our descendants will also enjoy,” said District Administrator Martin Bayerstorfer, who also praised the fact that the district's community foundation is investing here with five trees.
There are three trees on Kirchberger Flur, 15 on Wartenberger.
District consultant Michael Klinger from the Lower Nature Conservation Authority was more precise when asked: Five of the trees are on public land, the rest on private land.
And so our thanks went mainly to those who made the plantings possible in private.
Klaus Kuhn