Crooked Forest
Encyclopedia
Crooked Forest is a grove
of oddly shaped pine tree
s, located outside the village of Nowe Czarnowo
, in western Poland
.
This grove of approximately 400 pines was planted around 1930, when its location was still within the German
province of Pomerania
. It is generally believed that some form of human tool and/or technique was used to make the trees grow this way, but the method and motive are not currently known.
Grove (nature)
A grove is a small group of trees with minimal or no undergrowth, such as a sequoia grove, or a small orchard planted for the cultivation of fruits or nuts...
of oddly shaped pine tree
Pine
Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...
s, located outside the village of Nowe Czarnowo
Nowe Czarnowo
Nowe Czarnowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gryfino, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south of Gryfino and south of the regional capital Szczecin.For a number of centuries until...
, in western Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
.
This grove of approximately 400 pines was planted around 1930, when its location was still within the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
province of Pomerania
Pomerania
Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East...
. It is generally believed that some form of human tool and/or technique was used to make the trees grow this way, but the method and motive are not currently known.
