Location
State: Latvia
Region: Riga
County: Kandava
Parish: Zemīte
Other references to the location
At the E end of Zemīte rectory
Coordinates
lat=56.9252777778, lon=22.8102777778
56° 55′ 31″ N, 22° 48′ 37″ E
Description
According to unconvincing information, the oak which grows at Zemite rectory has been a Sacrificial Oak. It grows at the E end of Zemīte rectory estate. A half of the oak recently came down, it lies next to the other half of the oak which continues to grow. The oak grows within a private property guarded by an angry dog, therefore it was not possible to measure the circumference of the oak and survey its surroundings. Generally, the oak is big, impressive and picturesque, its circumference could be around 4 – 5 metres, however, the growing of a heathenish sacrificial tree in the vicinity of the rectory could be highly questionable unless the rectory had been purposefully built close to the so-called Sacrifice Oak and Idol’s Linden and other traditions more acceptable to the church were associated with the oak.
Attraction
Attractive
Availability
Viewed from a distance because it is located in a yard with a fence, a dog.
Infrastructure, management, facilities
Access to the very yard of the residential house, no other facilities.
Local info
None
Capacity
10 – 40
Publicity
Unknown
Legal Status
Private
Comments
The site of the oak was indicated by Erodeja Kirillova. The oak is very close to the highway and is very picturesque. There are no signs about the oak.
