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Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Chotum - Roman Catholic branch church belonging to the parish of St. Nicholas in Sulerzyż (Ciechanów Western Deanery of the Płock Diocese). This is a temple built around the mid-17th century, probably in 1644. The date of construction is also given: 1715. The church was renovated in 1900, 1924 and 1953, as well as in the years 2011-2013. The building is wooden, single-nave, built in a log construction. The temple is oriented. Its presbytery is smaller in relation to the nave, closed on three sides with a sacristy added at an angle. The church is covered with a double-ridge roof, covered with shingles, above the presbytery there is an octagonal turret with a bell tower. It is topped with a tin onion-shaped helmet roof with a lantern. The second quadrangular turret is situated above the nave. It is topped with a pyramidal roof with a helmet. The interior is covered with a flat ceiling with ornamental polychrome. The choir is supported by two columns. The floor is made of wooden planks. The main altar and the pulpit represent the late Baroque style and were created in the first half of the 18th century. The Gothic-style stoup made of granite dates back to the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries[2].

The church building was transported from Ostrów Mazowiecka, where a new, brick one was built (today the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)[8].

Natural monument 800-year-old Uparty Mazur oak – protected as a natural monument, a pedunculate oak tree growing in the village of Młock near Ciechanów, in the Mazovian Voivodeship. The oak is one of the largest trees of this species in Poland (seventh or eighth thickest). In 2014, its trunk had a circumference of 900 cm, while its height was 28 m. The wide and healthy crown is also characteristic (32 x 27 m)

The oak is called "Uparty Mazur" in memory of the people who used to live here. You may not all know that the inhabitants of northern Mazovia were called Mazurs. Although today this term refers to the people living in the land of lakes. The oak has a circumference of over 10 meters, is 28 meters high, has very spreading branches, it is difficult to encompass them with the lens. The trunk is straight, stocky, its mossy branches from a distance resemble chain mail, ancient armor. Its powerful silhouette makes you want to hug it, unfortunately it is surrounded by a small fence. It is such a special experience to get close to a tree that remembers the Battle of Grunwald and has the potential to outlive our great-great-grandchildren. This natural monument grows about 20 kilometers from Ciechanów, far from popular tourist trails, it is not easy to get to it, fortunately navigation will take us there. It grows just behind the village of Młock on the edge of the Łydynia river valley, a mighty pedunculate oak with a healthy appearance for its 800 years. This is what is written on the plaque next to the tree, funded by the Society of Friends of the Ciechanów Land and the residents of Młock. https://muzeumciechanow.pl/niemy-swiadek-historii-polnocnego-mazowsza-uparty-mazur-spod-mlocka/

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Beautiful old oak tree worth a look when wandering around.

Oak is one of the largest trees of this species in Poland (seventh or eighth thickest). Its trunk had a circumference of 900 cm in 2014, and a height of 28 m. The wide and healthy crown (32 x 27 m) is also characteristic. The age of the tree is estimated at about 500 years

The wooden, boarded church was probably built in 1644 as a court chapel. Currently, it is a branch church of the parish of Saint Nicholas in Sulerzyż. The nave is square, the presbytery rectangular and closed on three sides. Both parts of the church are crowned with turrets. Roofs and turrets covered with shingles. The interior is decorated with ornamental polychrome. In the 18th century, the altar features an image of Our Lady of Częstochowa from the same period (covered by the image of the Transfiguration). It is unusual that in order to place the altarpiece, part of the vault above it had to be cut out. The late-baroque pulpit from the first half of the 18th century and the granite gothic stoup from the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries are valuable. The choir is supported on two pillars.