Bartek oak suffered as a result of Tuesday storms. As a result of strong wind and heavy rainfall, one of the branches of the natural monument broke. In the near future further care treatments will be performed at the tree.
Bartek oak, one of the oldest and most magnificent nature monuments In Poland, he was secured by foresters after fracture of Konar. A magnificent tree growing in Zagnańsk in the Kielce poviat suffered on Tuesday due to strong wind and heavy rain.
Konar was rotten
– A fragment of one of the supported branches on the south-eastern side of the tree has broken down. It was clearly seen that the branches were rotten, studies previously performed indicated the inevitability of the brown rot rot of wood caused by supervisory fungi, i.e. sulfur bile Radom.
She added that foresters secured a tree. Further work related to the cutting of the bondar to ensure the stability of the tree and disassembly of the support will be commissioned to a specialist company that had already performed work on Bartek.
The famous natural monument
Bartek oak is called the king of the Świętokrzyska Forest. It is estimated that he is about 700 years old. It measures almost 30 meters, and its trunk circumference at a height of 1.30 meters is nearly 11 m. Due to the old age and impressive size, it is considered the most magnificent tree in Poland.
The aged oak in 1934 was recognized by the natural court of the naturalists chaired by prof. Władysław Szafer for the most magnificent tree within the borders of interwar Poland. From 1952, he has been protected by law as a natural monument
Source of the main photo: Paweł Kowalczyk, Zagnańsk Forest District