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The Bażyński Oak is an
oak An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...
tree and
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in Poland. It is one of the oldest trees in
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
, whose age is estimated at around 716 years according to dendrochronological research.Cezary Pacyniak. ''Najstarsze drzewa w Polsce''. PTTK Kraj. 1992. It grows in the town of
Kadyny Kadyny is a village of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Geography It is situated in the Elbląg Upland Landscape Park, a protected area on a terminal moraine stretching along the Vistula ...
on the
Vistula Lagoon The Vistula Lagoon is a brackish water lagoon on the Baltic Sea roughly 56 miles (90 km) long, 6 to 15 miles (10 to 19 km) wide, and up to 17 feet (5 m) deep, separated from the Gdańsk Bay by the Vistula Spit. Geography The lag ...
.Krzysztof Borkowski, Robert Tomusiak, Paweł Zarzyński. ''Drzewa Polski''. PWN. 2016. The circumference of the tree is 10.03 metres and its height is 21 metres. The crown spread is 14 by 21.5 m. The Bażyński Oak's circumference near the ground is exceptional – around 15 metres.Robert Tomusiak, Paweł Zarzyński. ''90 drzew. Okazy niezwykłe''. Centrum Informacyjne Lasów Państwowych. 2014. It is named after Jan Bażyński (also known as Johannes von Baysen), a former owner of
Kadyny Kadyny is a village of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Geography It is situated in the Elbląg Upland Landscape Park, a protected area on a terminal moraine stretching along the Vistula ...
and one of the founders of the
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. In 1880 the oak's trunk was 8.64 metres thick and the radius of its crown was 13 metres; at the time its large hollow was fitted with a wooden door and a guard was posted to protect it. One of the owners of
Kadyny Kadyny is a village of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Geography It is situated in the Elbląg Upland Landscape Park, a protected area on a terminal moraine stretching along the Vistula ...
, Artur Brikner, claimed that eleven soldiers could stay in the hollow trunk. What is more, in the first years of the 20th century, the trunk was part of the brew (
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) pub and the
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. The area around the Bażyński Oak also includes six other old oaks which are also on the registry of Polish national monuments.Mazury Trave
Nature Monuments
, last accessed August 22, 2010


See also

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Bartek (oak) The Bartek Oak () is one of the oldest oak trees in Poland. It grows in Zagnańsk near Kielce in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. Its age, previously estimated at up to 1200 years, has recently been established to be 686 years (in 2016),Cezary Pacy ...
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Sobieski Oak The Sobieski Oak () is an over 400-year-old specimen of Quercus robur, pedunculate oak (''Quercus robur'') located within the Łężczok nature reserve, within the administrative boundaries of Racibórz. It is the thickest and oldest tree in Rac ...


References


Further reading

* Paweł Zarzyński, Robert Tomusiak, Krzysztof Borkowski, ''Drzewa Polski'', PWN, Warszawa, 2016, * Krzysztof Borkowski, ''Polskie drzewa'', Wyd. DALPO, Poznań, 2014, * Paweł Zarzyński, Robert Tomusiak, ''90 drzew – Okazy niezwykłe'' Centrum Informacyjne Lasów Państwowych, Warszawa, 2014, {{DEFAULTSORT:Bazynski Oak Individual oak trees Landmarks in Poland Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Natural monuments of Poland Individual trees in Poland