Debrecen4U
October 5, 2026
Street Tree Pruning Continues in Debrecen
Alongside its successful tree-planting programme, the Municipality Debrecen is also paying particular attention to preserving and systematically managing the city’s existing trees and tree-lined streets.
The local authority continues to focus on protecting existing trees and preserving the city’s green urban fabric through measures in the Green Code, such as Eternal Tree Rows – Debrecen’s Street Greening and Tree Avenue Restoration Programme.
Many streets in Debrecen are lined with distinctive mature trees, which are carefully maintained. The city’s trees and tree-lined avenues are regularly inspected and assessed, and tree maintenance work is carried out systematically according to a planned schedule.
Autumn, winter and early spring, outside the bird-nesting season, are ideal periods for systematic tree care. Accordingly, this autumn the city is continuing the street tree maintenance and pruning work that began earlier this year at various locations across Debrecen. By the end of March 2026, maintenance work had been carried out on more than 1,200 trees under supervision by specialists from the municipal chief gardener’s team and the Green Spaces Department of the Mayor’s Office.
The specialist contractors began the planned work towards the end of last year and at the beginning of this year. Pruning has been completed on Akadémia Street, Tessedik Sámuel Street, Kút Street (Phases I and II), Kiss Áron Street, Péchy Street, Szeremlei Street, Sarkadi Imre Street, Luther Street (Phase I), Budai Ézsaiás Street (Phase I), Postakert Street, Szotyori Street, Móricz Zsigmond Road (Phase I), Menyhárt József Square, Komlóssy Street (Phase II), Kar Street and Kölcsey Street. The work involved removing dead branches, reducing the weight of tree crowns, shaping them and carrying out rejuvenation pruning.
Over the coming weeks, street tree maintenance will continue at the following streets and public spaces, covering approximately 400 trees in total: Honvédtemető Street, Salétrom Street, Angyalföld Square, Margit Square, Szabó Pál Street, Leiningen Street, Budai Ézsaiás Street (Phase II), Fényes udvar, Hétvezér Street and Monostorpályi Road.
Ongoing maintenance and replacement of trees will help create greener streets, healthier tree avenues, more liveable residential environments and sustainable urban development. By ensuring continuous vegetation cover along the city’s streets, the aim is to establish “eternal tree rows” that will endure for future generations.
Caring for mature trees is particularly important because, over the decades, they have developed substantial areas of green cover. Their canopies filter significant amounts of dust, absorb pollutants and produce oxygen. Thanks to their shade and the cooling effect of water evaporation from their leaves, the surrounding areas also enjoy a cooler and more comfortable microclimate during the summer heat. Tree-lined avenues play an important role in reducing the urban heat island effect and are therefore an indispensable part of the urban environment.
The work will continue on 5 October on Honvédtemető Street in the Csigekert district, where some trees have already undergone localised interventions in previous years, and 24 trees were pruned in March this year. In addition to requests from local residents, professional considerations also justify the pruning work on Honvédtemető Street as the time has come to reduce the crowns of the mature trees and remove dead branches. As part of the current programme, 57 hackberry trees are scheduled for maintenance.
This demonstrates the systematic, ongoing and comprehensive nature of the street tree care programme, which aims to ensure that Debrecen’s trees and tree-lined streets remain safe and long-lived in an urban environment, providing residents with a greener and more liveable city.
Source and photo credit: debrecen.hu
