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Published on 06/17/2018
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Wikipedia & Vintage News. The Thousand-year Rose (German: Tausendjähriger Rosenstock, literally: Thousand-years rosebush) is also known as the Rose of Hildesheim. It grows on a wall of the Hildesheim Cathedral, a Catholic cathedral in Hildesheim, Germany, that is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. The cathedral and the adjacent St. Michael's Church have been on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since 1985. Source: Is this the first time you are reading about the thousand-year rose?
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What thousand-year rose facts are you familiar with?
Is the oldest living rose on the planet.
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She's 69 feet tall and 30 feet wide and it's believed that she was established by King Louis the Pious back in 815.
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The rose climbs up the walls of a Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. The cathedral was hit by Allied bombers during World War 2, and although the building was completely destroyed, the roots of the rosebush somehow survived and she blossomed among the ruins again.
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According to one of the legends related to the cathedral and the establishment of the rose, King Louis, who was responsible for their existence, witnessed a miracle and believed that the rosebush was sacred.
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Some documentation verifies its age is at approximately 700-years-old.
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The rose is a Rosa canina, also known as the dog rose. The leaves of the Hildesheim rose have between five and seven leaflets and her flowers are pale pink.
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The flower's fruit is used for making tea and marmalade because of its high vitamin C content.
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The bloom of the rose depends mostly on the weather. Usually, she blooms at the end of May and lasts approximately 14 days.
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The rose hips are an important ingredient in many traditional folk medicine recipes. They're used for curing inflammatory-related diseases, viral infections, and kidney or urinary tract disorders.
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The rose hips are eaten by birds during the winter period.
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Image: One of the first printed works by Jessie Weston was a lengthy sentimental verse called The Rose-Tree of Hildesheim. The story of the thousand-year rose touched so many hearts and inspired writers and movie producers to create works of art in her honor. The first work inspired by the rose was published in 1896. It was a sentimental collection of poems written by Jessie Weston entitled 'The Rose-Tree of Hildesheim'. The collection became an inspiration for a book entitled 'The Rose-bush of a Thousand Years', written by Mabel Wagnalls and published in 1918. The story of the book was about a young girl who abandoned her baby to take care of a convent. The young mother later experiences a spiritual transformation and renewed the relationship with her child. Six years later, this story was transformed into a silent movie named 'Revelation'. Have you ever read the narrative about Sacrifice and Denial (story of the rose), The Rose-bush of a Thousand Years written by Mabel Wagnalls, or watched the silent movie named Revelation?
Read the narrative about Sacrifice and Denial (was modeled on the story of the rose, it was the title verse in omnibus of Jessie Weston poems, and published in 1896).
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Read the Rose-bush of a Thousand Years written by Mabel Wagnalls (book published in 1918).
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Watched the movie named Revelation (silent film in 1924)?
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Not all roses are so durable as the dog rose ; the longest living rose bushes are mostly categorized as wild roses. Garden roses and other rose cultivars may have a much shorter lifespan of only a couple of hundred years. The tea rose has the shortest lifespan: it might not survive more than thirty to fifty years. Have you ever tried raising any type of roses (or rose bushes) in the area where you live?
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