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Drzewostany Nadleśnictwa Szprotawa. Fot. Jerzy Wilanowski
Rezerwat przyrody "Buczyna Szprotawska". Fot. Jerzy Wilanowski
Rezerwat przyrody "Annabrzeskie Wąwozy". Fot. Jerzy Wilanowski
Najokazalszy z pomników przyrody - dąb "Chrobry". Fot. Jerzy Wilanowski
Użytek ekologiczny. Fot. Jerzy Wilanowski
Szprotawa Forest District is located within 5th Silesian Forest Natural Area, in climatic region called the Land of Great Valleys. It is divided into two Sub-districts and 11 Forest Ranges. Szprotawa Forest District Inspectorate runs its own nursery farm and Animal Breeding Centre.
Małomice Sub-district includes the following Forest Ranges: Jelenin, Nowe Miasteczko, Długie, Witków, Stara Kopernia, Zagóra and Małomice. Szprotawa Sub-district includes the following Forest Ranges: Szprotawka, Krzywczyce, Śliwnik and Leszno Górne.
Szprotawa Forest District also includes three towns: Szprotawa, Małomice and Nowe Miasteczko. As part of Lower Silesian Wilderness Szprotawa Sub-district consists mainly of two large compact forest complexes (over 2000 ha) whereas Małomice Sub-district – more than 300 forest complexes.
It is fragmented into 106 forest complexes with area up to 1 ha, and 114 forest complexes with area from 1.01 ha to 5.00 ha.
Szprotawa Forest District includes two nature reserves – "Annabrzeskie Wąwozy" and "Buczyna Szprotawska", and in the town of Szprotawa – "Park Słowiański" Landscape-Nature Protected Complex.
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Natural monuments
"Chrobry" jesienią. Fot. Jerzy Wilanowski
Dąb "Chrobry" porą zimową. Fot. Jerzy Wilanowski
Tablica informacyjna. Fot. Jerzy Wilanowski
Natural monuments are usually single specimen of animated and inanimate nature. The most common natural monuments to be found in forests are the oldest and largest trees. In 2012 there were almost 11 000 natural monuments in Poland, including 8500 trees.
There are 22 natural monuments within the territory of Szprotawa Forest District.
"Chrobry" Oak is the most impressive natural monument in this area. It has been protected since 1966. It is the oldest specimen of this species in Poland and its estimated age is 750 years. The tree grows in the vicinity of "Buczyna Szprotawska" Nature Reserve, close to the village of Piotrowice. It is noteworthy that its acorns were blessed by Pope John Paul II during pilgrimage of foresters to Vatican in 2004. 500 seedlings produced from these acorns at nursery farm in Rudy Raciborskie were planted all over Poland as so-called "Pope's Oaks" to commemorate the Polish Pope.
