1998 DL1. Discovered 1998 Feb. 18 by G. Lehmann at Drebach.
David Rebentrost (1614–1703) worked in Drebach {see planet (6488)} as a vicar, doctor and herbalist. The garden he designed for his vicarage received wide fame. As a reward for curing elector Johann Georg II, he was invited to pick some plants from the elector’s garden. The rare species of crocus he selected continues to grow only in Drebach. (M 36129)
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