Top 3 Natural Monuments around powiat zielonogórski

A specimen of Scots pine over 160 years old growing by national road no. 32 near Sulechów, in the area of Leśnictwo Klępsk. Access from the main road is well marked. There is a small parking lot next to the pine tree.

The Napoleon Oak (Dąb Napoleona) – a now-defunct natural monument, this English oak growing in Zabór was the thickest tree of its species in Poland. It burned down on November 15, 2010, most likely set on fire by vandals. Its circumference was 1,052 cm (at a height of 1.3 meters from the highest point of the tree's base). At 22 meters high, the oak is estimated to have been an acorn tree around 1300 (its age is 660-700 years). The tree had a large hollow inside that could accommodate a dozen people at once. The tree's habit was typical of trees growing in open spaces (a massive trunk and spreading crown) – different from, for example, the Białowieża oaks, such as the Car Oak or the Jagiełło Oak. Before the war, it was listed among 78 natural monuments in the Zielona Góra district. In 1920, the then Princess Hermine von Schönaich-Carolath of the Reuss family personally named the tree after Professor Theodor Schube (a German botanist and nature conservationist who studied Silesian natural monuments and authored, among other works, the Waldbuch von Schlesien). After her husband's death, the Princess became the second wife of former Emperor Wilhelm II in 1922, receiving the title of Empress. This brought the oak fame both locally and throughout Silesia. In 1936, the tree was listed in the "Book of Nature Conservation" kept by the starost of Zielona Góra. The tree's Polish name comes from a legend that Napoleon Bonaparte rested under its branches after crossing the Oder River during his expedition to Russia in 1812. Before it finally burned down, the oak was set on fire several times by vandals.

Oak Alley by the former summer gazebo, of which there is no trace today. At least two of the oaks in the alley were commemorated with their names. The stones buried under them with the names of the trees have been preserved. On the stone under one of the oaks, "Förster Eiche" was carved. The second stone under another oak has the inscription "Martini Eiche". These stones commemorate two entrepreneurs from Zielona Góra. In 2025, the alley was recreated by pouring a gravel surface. Unfortunately, during this work, both stones were damaged.

Otto Mulsch: An entrepreneur, trader and nature lover. For 20 years he was responsible for the Odra forest in which you are now. His work was appreciated by the people of Zielona Góra, who erected a commemorative stone in his honor in 1920.

On March 22, 1841, at 3:30 p.m., the residents of Wilkanów working in the surrounding fields heard three strong booms similar to cannon shots. The explosion could be heard for many kilometers. Immediately afterward, a loud whistle could be heard, growing from the west, and something heavy fell nearby. In a small depression, witnesses found a 30-ounce stone (about 930 g). A second, smaller specimen was found later between the villages of Heinrichau and Schloin. The Wilkanów meteorite is a geologically gray veined chondrite, currently located in the most important geological museums in the world. On the 161st anniversary of that event, a three-ton boulder with a plaque commemorating the meteorite's fall was placed on a bend in the county road in Wilkanów.