Tisíciletá lípa / Thousand-year-old Lime - Stará Lysá (Central Bohemia)
N 50° 13.310 E 014° 48.221
33U E 485995 N 5563313
Depicted monumental specimen of lime, called Tisíciletá lípa (Thousand-year-old Lime) you can find in village square of a small village Stará Lysá in Central Bohemia region of the Czech Republic.
Waymark Code: WMMATN
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 08/24/2014
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Depicted monumental specimen of lime, called Tisíciletá lípa (Thousand-year-old Lime) you can find in village square of a small village Stará Lysá in Central Bohemia region of the Czech Republic.
This beatiful tree, which won a silver medal in the Czech Tree of the year 2007 competition, belongs among the most important monumental trees in the region. Its age is unclear, in some sources you can find 1000 years, but dendrologists estimate its age close to 500 years. Thousand-year-old Lime is protected by the state in the category of Memorial Tree (Pamatny strom) from 1975.
Genus/Species: Tilia cordata (Small-leaved lime)
Height: 66
Girth: 22
Method of obtaining height: Reliable source
Method of obtaining girth: Reliable source
Location type: Park
Age: 500
Planter: unknown
Website reference: [Web Link]
Parking coordinates: N 50° 13.316 W 014° 48.217
Walk time: 1
Historical significance: Not listed
Photograpy coordinates: Not Listed
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Visit Instructions:
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The required photograph does not need to show the entire tree, but the individual tree must be recognizable.