The Imperial Oaks in Kraslice are two memorial trees in Kraslice in the Sokolov District of the Karlovy Vary Region. A pair of pyramidal, low pedunculate oaks (Quercus robur) grow in a former park by the rectory, in front of the Neo-Romanesque Church of Corpus Christi in the city center at an altitude of 515 m. Among the oaks grows one willow, which is not a protected memorial tree. The memorial trees do not reach extraordinary height, but are valued for their history. They were planted in 1878 at a school celebration for the 25th anniversary of the wedding of Emperor Franz Joseph I with Elisabeth of Bavaria, called Empress Sisi. The oaks have a low cylindrical trunk, inconspicuous root growth, and a conical crown type. The tree crowns reach a height of 20 m, 23 m, and the trunk circumferences measure 256 cm, 214 cm (measured in 2010). The oaks have been protected since 2006 as historically important trees.
Photo 1-3: Imperial oaks in Kraslice