Memorable trees of Opava and Bruntál Districts
Pedunculate Oak in Deštná
Basic Information
There is a memorable Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) growing at a field road leading along Deštná brook from Deštná municipality to Mladecko. The tree is 21 m high, its trunk perimeter reaches 477 cm. The tree was declared memorable already in the year 1972.
Points of Interest
You can find a crumbling baroque castle not far from here in the west part of Deštná municipality where it was built most likely on the grounds of a former fort. Due to poor static conditions already in the 18th century, the castle had to be supported by iron bolts. After 1945 no attention was paid to its maintenance and so the whole back wall of the central part of the castle fell apart. The gradual fall of the whole complex followed in the nineties of the 20th century. The cause of such a rapid collapse has been assigned to the unstable bedrock in the area. The castle has two floors and three wings with a rather small court. Its current look copies the shape of the castle after its last reconstruction in the first half of 18th century.
Pedunculate Oak in Deštná
Useful information
Contacts
Krajský úřad Moravskoslezského kraje, odbor životního prostředí a zemědělství 28. října 117, 702 18 Ostrava www.kr-moravskoslezsky.cz tel.: +420 595 622 297
Magistrát města Opavy Horní náměstí 69 746 26 Opava http://www.opava-city.cz/
Contact
Krajský úřad Moravskoslezského kraje, odbor životního prostředí
28. října 117, 702 18 Ostrava
Tel.:+420 595 622 297
http://www.kr-moravskoslezsky.cz
