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It is said to be one of the most romantic postboxes around the globe. 23701 is it's postcode and it's situated in a town called Eutin in Germany, since 1927. It's the only tree in the world with its own postcode.
1891 was the year when singles started writing letters to the tree hoping to find a match. Anyone can open a letter left in the round knothole and write a reply.
It gets an average of a thousand letters a year, and has arranged hundred marriages so far.
The legend behind this tree, is that in 1890, local girl Minna's father forbad sher to see her lover Wilhelm. For a year they kept in touch by leaving letters to each other inside a hole in the tree. The finally married under the tree on June 2, 1891.
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