Hronov - Araucarite

On the way from Alois Jirásk's birthplace to the late Renaissance bell tower, you will definitely notice a petrified tree trunk, the so-called araucarite.
There is no doubt that this is the oldest point of interest in Hronov. You might ask yourself how did araucarite come about and where did it come from? 240 to 160 million years ago, during the Carboniferous and Triassic periods, trees grew in the area of ​​today's Krkonoše mountains on the drier edges of Carboniferous swamps...