Napoleon oak
The Napoleon oak was the thickest English oak in Poland .
Location and shape
It grew on the embankment of the Oder glacial valley three kilometers east of Zabór ( Powiat Zielonogórski ). Its circumference was at a height of 1.3 meters, measured perpendicular to the tree axis, 10.43 meters. The measurement at a height of 1.3 meters ( diameter at chest height ) parallel to the level of the embankment on which the oak stands resulted in 11.40 meters. The tree reached a height of 22 meters. It is estimated that the oak germinated around 1300.
The tree had a huge hollow in the middle that could hold a dozen people. The cut of the tree with a mighty trunk and a sweeping crown is typical for trees growing in open terrain and therefore different from z. B. the oaks from the forested Białowieża National Park , such as the tsar oak or the jagiełło oak .
history
Even before the war, the oak was on the list of natural monuments in the district of Grünberg i. Schles.
In 1929, Princess Hermine von Schönaich-Carolath personally gave the oak the name of Professor Theodor Schube , a German botanist and nature conservation activist who researched the Silesian natural monuments. He is an author a. a. of the work Forest Book of Silesia . After the death of her husband in 1922, the princess became the second wife of the former emperor Wilhelm II of Hohenzollern and acquired the title of empress. This made the oak famous in the area and in Silesia . In 1936 it was mentioned in the "Book of Nature Conservation" published by the district administrator of Grünberg i. Silesia was led.
The current name of the tree was taken from a legend that says that during the campaign to Russia in 1812, Napoléon Bonaparte rested under its branches after crossing the Oder .
The oak was set on fire several times by vandals. The inner cavity and the hollow log can play the role of a chimney. An arson took place in 2006, as a result of which half of the branches died. In November 2010 it caught fire again, probably again by vandals, and burned down completely.
Web links
- TK25 sheet 4060 Zabor (edition 1936) The tree is entered on the map as an ND natural monument.
Individual evidence
- ^ Forest Book of Silesia: Evidence of the noteworthy trees and bushes in Silesia that are worth protecting, along with a description of its most important woody plants. Breslau 1906. [1]
- ^ Gazeta Lubuska : Dąb Napoleon nie żyje. Najgrubszy w Polsce dąb szypułkowy "zamordowali" wandale from November 15, 2010, accessed on April 25, 2011 (Polish)
Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 53.5 " N , 15 ° 45 ′ 21.5" E