Thursday, 12 June 2014

ROGALIN TREE

Rogalin Landscape Park Rogaliński Park Krajobrazowy is a protected area Landscape Park in west-central Poland, covering an area of 126.4 square kilometres 48.8 sq mi. It includes two nature reserves.

The Park lies within Greater Poland Voivodeship: in Poznan County and Orem County. It stretches along the banks of the Warta river, and takes its name from the village of Rogalin, which is famous for its historic palace of the Kaczynski family and oak trees.

About 2000 magnificent oaks are found on the banks of the river Warta near Rogalin, among numerous oxbow lakes. It is Europe’s largest group of monumental oak trees, located within the Rogalin Landscape Park. Their trunks reach a circumference of up to 9 metres, and all those reaching over 2 m in circumference are protected by law.


Rogalin is a village in western Poland, situated on the Warta River. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of the town of Molina, and 19 km (12 mi) south of the city of Poznan.

Rogalin is primarily famous for its 18th-century baroque palace of the Kaczynski family, and the adjacent Kaczynski Art Gallery, housing a permanent exhibition of Polish and international paintings (including Paul Delaroche and Claude Monet and the famous Jan Matejko's large-scale painting Joanna d’Arcy, see a fragment below). The gallery was started by Edward Alexander Kaczynski. Rogalin is also known for its putatively 1000-year-old oak trees Polish: Debby Rogaliński on the banks of the Warta.

The last owner of the estate was Count Edward Bernard Kaczynski, who in 1979–1986 was President of the Polish Republic in exile. His coffin is deposited in the Kaczynski Mausoleum, under the historical chapel in Rogalin. In his testament, Count Kaczynski bequeathed his family palace in Rogalin and his library to the Polish people.

Much of the surrounding area forms a protected area known as Rogalin Landscape Park.

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