A Tree in Germany Has Its Own Address, and People Write to It for Help

Almost 130 years ago, one German chocolate maker named Wilhelm met a beautiful girl. Her name was Minna. But Minna’s father didn’t approve of the young couple’s relationship. So the lovers found a lovely oak tree, where they’d leave each other love letters in the knothole in the trunk. When Minna's father found out about it, he realized that he couldn’t stand in the way of true love!
Since then, many love seekers have been sending letters --to the tree-- in hopes of someone finding it and responding. In 1927, the tree started receiving so much mail that it got its own address. Karl-Heinz Martens, the postal worker, confessed that delivering letters to the oak was one of his favorite parts of the day. But the love story that sticks out most for Martens must be that of his own!
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TIMESTAMPS:
How an ordinary oak became the Bridegroom’s Oak 0:18
The Oak’s postman found his love, too 2:32
Only a name and address... But that was destiny! 3:26
Lovebirds from the split country 4:10
What you should do if you wanna marry 4:48
Btw, this oak was married to another tree 5:47
And here's the address 6:50
#BridegroomsOak #lovestory #romance
Preview photo credit:
Die Bräutigamseiche im Dodauer Forst bei Eutin in Schleswig-Holstein: By Holger.Ellgaard - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 ,
Braeutigamseiche im Dodauer Forst bei Eutin, Deutschland/Bridegrooms-Oak near Eutin, Germany: By Armin von Werner - Own work, CC BY 2.5 ,
Animation is created by Bright Side.
Music by Epidemic Sound
SUMMARY:
- When this story first came out, the oak tree was dubbed “Der Bräutigamseiche” which in English means “The Bridegroom’s Oak”. Since then, many love seekers have been sending letters --to the tree-- in hopes of someone finding it and responding.
- In 1989, a TV station was doing a feature on the Bridegroom’s Oak, and, of course, they had an interview with the postal worker delivering its mail. A question came up asking Martens if he ever found love with the tree’s help, and he said that he never did.
- Only a few days after this TV show aired, Martins spotted a handwritten note addressed to “the Oak’s postman”. The note was from a woman named Renate. The two got married, and their photo taken under the Tinder Tree made it in the newspapers.
- In 1958, a German soldier named Peter Pump pulled a particular piece of paper out of the tree with only a name and address on it. The soldier and Miss Marita wrote each other letters for over a year. In 1961, the two were married and remain together to this day.
- There are so many stories like these thanks to this 500-year-old tree. It gets more than 1,000 letters a year from people all over the world who are looking for love.
- If there’s a certain someone you want to marry, you need to walk around the trunk of the tree 3 times under a full moon while having the one you love on your mind.
- The Bridegroom’s Oak was symbolically married to a 200-year-old chestnut tree near Dusseldorf! Although they were over 300 miles apart, they were married for 6 years before the chestnut had to be cut down due to old age.
- So, Bright Siders, if you or someone you know is looking for love or just a nice pen pal, you can send a letter to the Bridegroom’s Oak! The address is: Bräutigamseiche, Dodauer Forst, 23701, Eutin, Germany.
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