Lípa velkolistá u hasičské zbrojnice v Újezdě nad Lesy, Liberty linden tree at fire station in Újezd nad Lesy, Prague
Lípa svobody in Újezd nad Lesy is a 12-metre linden with a 164 cm trunk that forks into two main branches, forming a crown 15 metres high. It stands on Staroújezdská street in front of the fire station, within a circular protection zone of 12 metres.
The Újezd nad Lesy beautification society, founded in 1903, proposed the planting; its first chairman Antonín Kožíšek suggested a linden on 29 May 1919 for the first anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic. It was planted on 28 October 1919 in front of the fire station, at a ceremony attended by President T. G. Masaryk and his daughter Alice, who came from nearby Koloděje Castle.
The tree is called Lípa svobody, a "linden of liberty", planted for the first anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic. Its planting was proposed on 29 May 1919 by Antonín Kožíšek, first chairman of the local Okrašlovací spolek founded in 1903, and carried out on 28 October 1919.
The linden grows on Staroújezdská street in front of the fire station, in Prague 9's Újezd nad Lesy. Its protected zone is a circle with a 12 m radius, declared on 28 October 2009. The trunk forks into two main branches supporting a crown 15 m high.
The tree was planted on 28 October 1919 at a ceremony attended by President T. G. Masaryk and his daughter Alice, who came from nearby Koloděje Castle. Its trunk splits into two main branches forming a crown 15 m high.
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