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Chrobry Oak

Coordinates: 51°31′43″N 15°41′47″E / 51.528600°N 15.696500°E / 51.528600; 15.696500
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Chrobry Oak
Chrobry Oak
Chrobry Oak
Chrobry Oak is located in Poland
Chrobry Oak
Chrobry Oak
SpeciesEuropean oak (Quercus robur)
Coordinates51°31′43″N 15°41′47″E / 51.528600°N 15.696500°E / 51.528600; 15.696500

The Chrobry Oak is an oak tree, the largest oak in Poland and one of the biggest in Europe.

It is monumental oak with single-stemmed, hollow trunk, its girth was 1004 cm, height – 26 m and volume – 90 m³ (in 2014). Moreover, it is the oldest oak tree in Poland. Age of the Chrobry is about 760 years, according to dendrochronological research.[1]

Oak was officially preserved (as a natural monument) since 1966[1].

Chrobry was measured in 1908 at the earliest, by Theodor Schube (German botanist), girth of the tree was 861 cm[1].

Tree was set on fire by vandals in November 2014. Chrobry remained in fatal condition, but in 2015 part of the crown was still alive[1].

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Krzysztof Borkowski, Robert Tomusiak, Paweł Zarzyński. Drzewa Polski. 2016. p.154–157

Further reading

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  • Paweł Zarzyński, Robert Tomusiak, Krzysztof Borkowski, Drzewa Polski, PWN, Warszawa, 2016, ISBN 978-83-01-18438-4
  • Krzysztof Borkowski, Polskie drzewa, Wyd. DALPO, Poznań, 2014, ISBN 978-83-61766-08-7
  • Paweł Zarzyński, Robert Tomusiak, 90 drzew – Okazy niezwykłe Centrum Informacyjne Lasów Państwowych, Warszawa, 2014, ISBN 978-83-63895-16-7