What is the remarkable tree in Kopčany?

A Large-leaved Lime beside the Church of St Margaret of Antioch, roughly 235 years old, Slovakia's national Tree of the Year in 2018.

Yes. It stands in the open on a meadow beside the church, reachable on foot; the church building itself may keep limited opening hours.

Why is the church next to it significant?

It dates to the second half of the 10th century and is one of the oldest standing buildings in Slovakia, a National Cultural Monument since 1995.

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A Great Moravian-era church, one of the oldest standing buildings in Slovakia, has had a lime tree beside it for roughly a tenth of its own lifetime. Local sources say the two have weathered more than two centuries together, and it shows: the church dates to the 900s, the lime to the 1780s. Slovakia voted this tree its national Tree of the Year in 2018 and sent it on to represent the country in the European contest the year after. It stands free on a quiet meadow near Skalica.

Photo : Martin Babarík (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The Lime Tree of Kopčany

Large-leaved Lime (Tilia platyphyllos) · roughly 235 years (as measured in 2018) · Kopcany, on the meadow at the edge of the village territory

The building beside this lime is the real headline. The Church of St Margaret of Antioch has been dated by both dendrochronology and radiocarbon analysis to the second half of the 10th century, roughly 925 CE, which makes it one of the oldest standing structures in Slovakia, a Great Moravian-era survivor now protected as a National Cultural Monument. The tree is younger by about seven centuries and has still been standing beside it for close to a tenth of the building's own life. Slovakia's arborist society measured the lime at 210 centimetres round and 20 metres tall when it won the national Tree of the Year vote in 2018, taking 9,526 votes, and the country put it forward for the European Tree of the Year the following year. It stands on a quiet meadow at the edge of Kopcany's territory near Skalica, the church and the tree together on open ground rather than fenced off from each other. Local sources like to say the two have protected each other and weathered more than two centuries side by side, a line that captures the pairing rather than a claim either has literally shielded the other. Nothing found says the lime has died or been felled since its award, and an arborist's own assessment is the evidence it was thriving as recently as 2018. Free to see, on foot from the village, no restriction.

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What is the remarkable tree in Kopčany?: A Large-leaved Lime beside the Church of St Margaret of Antioch, roughly 235 years old, Slovakia's national Tree of the Year in 2018.
Is it free to visit?: Yes. It stands in the open on a meadow beside the church, reachable on foot; the church building itself may keep limited opening hours.
Why is the church next to it significant?: It dates to the second half of the 10th century and is one of the oldest standing buildings in Slovakia, a National Cultural Monument since 1995.

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