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In the Holy Roman Empire, a ''ドイツ語:Gerichtslinde'' (German for "court linden, doom linden"; plural ''ドイツ語:-linden'') was a linden tree where assemblies and judicial courts were held. Rooted in Germanic tribal law, the custom has left traces through the Germanic language-speaking areas. Located in the center of its village, the tree was also at the center of festivities, in this respect known as ''ドイツ語:Tanzlinde'' "dance linden". After Christianization, the linden remained associated with justice and benevolent protection, often re-dedicated to Mary mother of Jesus (''ドイツ語:Marienlinden'') or to the twelve Apostles (''ドイツ語:Apostellinden''). ==History== Many surviving linden trees may sometimes retain names ドイツ語:''Thie-Linde'', ''Thing-Linde'' or ''ドイツ語:Tilly-Linde'', but often simply ''ドイツ語:Dorflinde'' "village linden". The oldest of them is in Schenklengsfeld, Hesse, planted in the 9th century, in the time of Louis the Younger. The 12th century ''Visio Godeschalci'' describes a journey which the pious Holstein peasant Godeskalk believed he had made in the lower world. There is mentioned an immensely large and beautiful linden-tree hanging full of shoes, which were handed down to such dead travellers as had exercised mercy during their lives. Numerous examples of sacred trees and groves exist amongst the pre-Christian Germanic peoples. The linden is often claimed to have been sacred to Freyja in the pre-Christian period, forming a polarity with the oaks sacred to Donar.〔The idea can be traced to Karl Strackerjan, ''ist die Eiche oder die Linde der Baum des Deutschen Volkes?'' Oldenburg (1874). C.f. Uwe Hentschel, ''Der Lindenbaum in der deutschen Literatur des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts'', Orbis Litterarum 60:5 (2005), 357-376 ()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gerichtslinde」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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