The Japanese acacia trees in front of the Csokonai Theater in Debrecen won the title of Tree of the Year in 2021.
At the end of the online voting, which has been going on since July, the two Japanese acacia trees won the first place in the Tree of the Year competition, which has been organized by the Ecopartner Foundation since 2010.
Winning the Tree of the Year title required 3,237 votes this year, won by two trees in front of the Csokonai Theater in Debrecen. The title of Hero Tree is Ziliz’s thousand-year-old oak tree, while the special prize of the National Forestry Association was awarded to Mausz-tree: linden on the hilltop – on the edge of the Szekszárd hills and Sárköz this year.
The names of the winning trees, the Japanese acacias, are a bit misleading, as the species does not come from Japan, but from China or Korea. “The two trees stand in front of the entrance to the Csokonai Theater, with its arched branches they were often seen through the windows of the theater and had plenty to discuss every night. They looked behind the scenes and saw thousands of successes and failures, heard applause and cheers, experienced a period of need and glittering years, ”the sign says.
Based on the decision of the jury, the thousand-year-old oak from Ziliz (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county) was awarded the title of Hero Tree. The tree in the agricultural area was hit by several lightning strikes around 2003, ignited, some of its branches were torn off, but the remaining two branches sprouted again and again. The Tree of the Year will receive a special treatment that will be performed by Bence Börzsei Tree Care and his team.
The Hero Tree Reward is a health assessment and treatment proposal. The special prize winner of the National Forestry Association received the OEE gift package. Thanks to the Kenderkóc webshop, the finalists received, among other things, bird feeders and bird nests. The winning Japanese acacias of Hungary in 2021 will also be launched in the European competition to be held in the beginning of 2022, the winner of which will win the title of Tree of the European Year. We won second place in the international competition several times, and four times the Hungarian tree finished first.
Finalists of this year’s domestic competition, in order of placement:
1. The couple of culture – The Japanese acacia trees of the Csokonai Theater in Debrecen-3237 votes
2. The large oak tree in Perkáta -1884 votes
3. Gödöllő curved tree – 1099 votes
4. Mausz-tree, the linden on the hilltop – on the edge of the Szekszárd hills and Sárköz-864 votes
5. The fairytale tree of Martfű-850 votes
6. The three Horti chestnut trees-605 votes
7. Herény Erzsébet-linden trees-592 votes
8. Hundred-year-old mulberries on the Kemencés Farm in Kétsoprony-279 votes
9. Kispál Wild Pear Tree -225 votes
10. Micsky lindens-197 votes
11. Millennial Oak, Ziliz-95 votes
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