Roughly 800 to 900 years old.
Ancient trees in Slovakia
Slovakia's most-told tree story belongs to Bojnice, where a linden behind the castle is tied by tradition to a visit from King Matthias Corvinus and put at over 700 years, no measurement behind the round number. We map 31 trees in 20 cities here. The oldest of them is The Oak of Dubinné in Dubinné, at at least 800 years, possibly older.
The better-documented tree is a plainer oak in Dubinné, near Bardejov, hollow enough that the wood which would date it has rotted away, leaving a working estimate of at least 800 years and the country's own claim to its oldest oak. Most of the rest of the oldest trees here are lindens, which is not a coincidence: the lime has been Slovakia's national tree since the 13th century. Hronsek's stand in the yard of a UNESCO wooden church; Uzovská Panica keeps something rarer, a 250-year-old service tree that once marked a property line. Bratislava's own collection reads almost as an inventory of other continents: a Japanese pagoda tree on the Danube embankment, an Empress tree from China, a paper birch that belongs in Canada. 27 trees across 18 places now, and the plainest one, not the castle linden, is the oldest.
Every place we map in Slovakia
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Bratislava7 trees · oldest 160 years2
Bošáca3 trees · oldest 200 years3
Žilina3 trees · oldest 270 years4
Veľké Borové2 trees · oldest 250-350 years5
Bojnice1 tree · oldest 700 years6
Časta1 tree · oldest 500 years7
Drnava1 tree · oldest 700 years8Dubinné1 tree · oldest 800 years9Hronsek1 tree · oldest 300 years10
Komjatice1 tree · oldest 140-150 years11
Kopčany1 tree · oldest 235 years12Kremnica1 tree · oldest 350-400 years13
Lipany1 tree · oldest 320 years14Lozorno1 tree · oldest 600-800 years15Malacky1 tree · oldest 500 years16Myjava1 tree · oldest 620 years17
Senica1 tree · oldest 210 years18
Starý Smokovec1 tree · oldest 80 years19
Trenčianske Stankovce1 tree · oldest 250-500 years20
Uzovská Panica1 tree · oldest 250 years
Bratislava7 trees · oldest 160 years2Bošáca3 trees · oldest 200 years3Žilina3 trees · oldest 270 years4Veľké Borové2 trees · oldest 250-350 years5Bojnice1 tree · oldest 700 years6Časta1 tree · oldest 500 years7Drnava1 tree · oldest 700 years8Dubinné1 tree · oldest 800 years9Hronsek1 tree · oldest 300 years10Komjatice1 tree · oldest 140-150 years11Kopčany1 tree · oldest 235 years12Kremnica1 tree · oldest 350-400 years13Lipany1 tree · oldest 320 years14Lozorno1 tree · oldest 600-800 years15Malacky1 tree · oldest 500 years16Myjava1 tree · oldest 620 years17Senica1 tree · oldest 210 years18Starý Smokovec1 tree · oldest 80 years19Trenčianske Stankovce1 tree · oldest 250-500 years20Uzovská Panica1 tree · oldest 250 years22 species grow in Slovakia
Oaks Pedunculate Oak 5 · Adriatic Oak 1
Beeches European Beech 1 · Sweet Chestnut 1
Planes London Plane 2 · Plane 1
Limes Large-leaved Lime 3 · Small-leaved Lime 3 · Lime 1
Maples Maple 1
Figs and mulberries White Mulberry 1
Conifers Scots Pine 1
Fruit and blossom Apple 1 · European Pear 1 · Wild Apple Tree 1 · Wild Pear 1
More broadleaf trees Black Poplar 1 · Empress Tree 1 · European Ash 1 · Japanese Pagoda Tree 1 · Paper Birch 1 · Service Tree 1
The 10 oldest trees we map in Slovakia
Roughly 650 to 750 years old.
Photo: Martin Babarik (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Roughly 600 to 800 years old.
Roughly 600 to 650 years old.
Roughly 500 to 600 years old.
Roughly 450 to 550 years old.
Photo: TomphanTK (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Roughly 350 to 400 years old.
Roughly 320 to 360 years old.
Photo: Ekopolis Foundation (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Roughly 280 to 300 years old.
Roughly 250 to 500 years old.
Photo: TomphanTK (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Trees from Slovakia also appear in Autumn Worth the Trip · The Autumn Harvest · The Trees the World Has Written About. See every city on the map, or open the map to find what is near you.