Grandpa Kolyo's Oak (Studena)
Approximate location.
Grandpa Kolyo used to rest under this oak, and the village of Studena named it after him. He was Nikola Dimitrov Angelov, and the field where it stands, at the entrance to the village on the road from Svilengrad, was his. Local tradition gives the tree about 350 years and says it is a survivor of the dense forest that once covered this corner of south-eastern Bulgaria. That is tradition rather than record. The age comes from the village and from the contest entry, and nobody has published a girth or a height. If you have stood beside it with a tape measure, tell us. It is visible from the whole village and from the road in. In 2019 a cross was put up nearby. Two years later the oak won Bulgaria's Tree with Roots contest for 2021 with 737 votes, and in 2022 it represented the country in European Tree of the Year, finishing 14th with 24,431 votes. The field is private farmland. See the oak from the roadside, which is where the village sees it from too.
In fruit
The line is our estimate of how much there is to see, not a measurement. Typical for this species where this tree stands; exact weeks shift with the year.
Field southeast of Studena village, right of the road entering from Svilengrad, Svilengrad Municipality, Haskovo Province, BulgariaYou can recognise it as the lone oak in the field to the right of the road as you enter Studena from Svilengrad, visible from the whole village.
Stands in a field beside the entrance road to the village, visible from the whole village and from the road; the field is private farmland (owner named after), so view from the roadside.
Svilengrad municipality village; by car from Svilengrad, public transport not checked.
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