Next to the church in Frauenstein stands a large, gnarled lime tree, popularly known as the "blood lime tree".

According to one of Wiesbaden's best-known legends, the daughter of a Frauenstein castle lord had fallen in love inappropriately and wanted to flee with the young man. However, the girl's father pursued the couple and struck down his daughter's lover with a naked sword. His blood flowed relentlessly and the noblewoman could not stop it - so she broke a branch from a lime tree and stuck it in the blood-soaked ground before riding off and going to the monastery. The tree grew and flourished, and it is said that as long as the noblewoman lived, the lime tree wept bloody tears every time someone broke off a branch.

If tradition is to be believed, the lime tree is said to be over 1,000 years old. In that case, however, no Frauenstein castle lord could have committed the gruesome murder, as the family of the Lords of Frauenstein is not mentioned in documents for the first time until 1221. In all probability, Frauenstein Castle was built by Heinrich Bodo von Idstein (also von Frauenstein) at the end of the 12th century.

If one wanted to rule out any legendary origin of the name Blutlinde, the name could also have a legends, the daughter of a Frauenstein castle lord had fallen in love inappropriately and wanted to flee with the young man. However, the girl's father pursued the couple and struck down his daughter's lover with a naked sword. His blood flowed relentlessly and the noblewoman could not stop it - so she broke a branch from a lime tree and stuck it in the blood-soaked ground before riding off and going to the monastery. The tree grew and flourished, and it is said that as long as the noblewoman lived, the lime tree wept bloody tears every time someone broke off a branch.

If tradition is to be believed, the lime tree is said to be over 1,000 years old. In that case, however, no Frauenstein castle lord could have committed the gruesome murder, as the family of the Lords of Frauenstein is not mentioned in documents for the first time until 1221. In all probability, Frauenstein Castle was built by Heinrich Bodo von Idstein (also von Frauenstein) at the end of the 12th century.

If one wanted to rule out any legendary origin of the name Blutlinde, the name could also have a legal-historical background: Courts were traditionally held under lime trees in the Middle Ages.