Jírovec na Helfštýně, Solitary tree at Helfštýn Castle, Czech Republic.
Jírovec na Helfštýně is a memorial tree, a solitary horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum L.) standing on the second courtyard of Helfštýn Castle above the village of Týn nad Bečvou in the Přerov district. It grows in the Podbeskydská pahorkatina highlands of the Olomouc Region.
The horse chestnut stands as a solitary tree on the second courtyard of Helfštýn Castle above Týn nad Bečvou in the Přerov district, in the Podbeskydská pahorkatina hills of the Olomouc Region. It is recorded as a memorial tree, protected for its age and setting within the castle walls.
The tree is a horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), the species Czechs call jírovec maďal, and it stands as a solitary specimen on the castle's second courtyard. Its name in the place name ties the tree to Helfštýn, above the village of Týn nad Bečvou in the Přerov district.
The horse chestnut stands as a solitary tree on the second courtyard of Helfštýn Castle, above the village of Týn nad Bečvou in the Přerov district. Visitors reach it on foot through the castle grounds, in the Podbeskydská pahorkatina hills of the Olomouc Region.
The tree is a horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), a species native to the Balkans rather than to Moravia. It stands as a solitary specimen on the castle's second courtyard, in the Podbeskydská pahorkatina hills of the Olomouc Region, and is recorded as a protected memorial tree.
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