The tree is a surprise gift for Wolfgang Komo, who has been the treasurer of the association for 15 years and the long-term organizer of the school exchange between the  Adam Asnyk Highschool and Gymnasium Hammonense, since 2016 Honorary Friend of Kalisz. The tree grows in the area behind the playground. The Kulturbrücke Hamm-Kalisz association covered the costs of purchasing and planting the tree and of a commemorative plaque with the following content:

Red horse chestnut (Aesculus x carnea)
In recognition of Wolfgang Komo, Hamm
since 2005 Treasurer of the Kulturbrücke Hamm-Kalisz e.V. Association
1993-2017 Organizer - together with friends from Kalisz - of the student exchange at Gymnasium Hammonense and I LO im. Adam Asnyk
Sponsor: Kulturbrücke Hamm-Kalisz e.V.
September 2020

The head of the highschool, Mrs Urszula Janczar, Mrs Agnieszka Iwanow-Maruda, teacher of the German language, who coordinated the exchange from the very beginning, and a group of young people were present during the planting in the Friendship Park.