The lettering “Kernstock Linde” is designed in a blackletter typeface and carved in relief from the stone. The lettering sits within a frame that closely follows its contours. Below it, in a delicate Fraktur typeface, it reads “Der Steirische Sängerbund 9. Mai 1929”.

The city of Graz liked to dedicate trees to famous personalities – sometimes, unfortunately, also to people with German nationalist ideologies. The linden tree is dedicated to the Austrian poet and priest Ottokar Kernstock. Among other things, he is known for his bloodthirsty war poems and the “Hakenkreuzlied” (Swastika Song), which he wrote for the Fürstenfeld local chapter of the NSDAP.
Both the linden tree and the plaque are now listed as protected monuments.

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