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Moller’s lime tree at Nikolai graveyard

“When I have died, plant a young lime tree on my grave with its trees in the ground. As certain as this tree will grow I have always taught and preached the pure Word of God.”
These were the words of pastor Moller on his deathbed. Malicious voices had claimed that Martin Moller did not always spread the Word of God just as Luther would have wished – a dangerous accusation as Görlitz was a purely Lutheran city since the last third of the 16th century.
The tree, however, thrived and prospered and even today, after 400 years, the magnificent Moller lime tree that once took root against all nature can be admired at the Nikolai graveyard in Görlitz.