New Allee in Landau: 100 trees for a greener future!

New Allee in Landau: 100 trees for a greener future!

On March 20, 2025, the city of Landau created a new avenue in the Rhein-Neckar metropolitan region along the newly designed bicycle road between Arzheim and Weinstraße/Ranschbach. In this context, around 100 new trees were planted on both sides of the path. The avenue consists of a mixture of fruit trees, walnut trees and deciduous trees that not only beautify the way, but also enable sustainable use by the citizens that can harvest the fruits in the future. The entire project not only promotes the aesthetics of the area, but also offers living space for numerous animal species and helps with biotope networking.

The business route, which is also used by pedestrians, is about 1,000 meters long. The newly planted trees not only offer important cooling during the hot summer days, but were strategically placed in order to offer a suitable root room. Smaller trees were set near lines, while larger copies were planted where there is enough space for healthy root growth. Before the planting campaign, in coordination with local winegrowers, care was taken to ensure that the trees can be positioned at a sufficient distance from the adjacent vineyards in order to ensure management with modern harvesters.

bike -friendly urbanization in Hamburg

parallel to the progress in Landau is being worked on on the redesign of the Max Brauer-Allee, which is designed as a bicycle road according to the "Copenhagen model". The start of the work was determined on March 2024, whereby the goal is to significantly improve the conditions at the 120 tree locations through various measures. This places special emphasis on tree protection measures, and new plantings and the vitalization of existing trees are considered. However, the space for the trees provided often has damage caused by years of parking and floor sealing.

The city pursues innovative approaches. In addition to the use of boards around the trees, the soil is also treated to promote the vitality of the trees. Methods such as suction of the soil, the introduction of new tree substrate and the use of alternative supporting layer materials should ensure that water can seep away better on site and enable an effective gas exchange. These measures should lead to the formation of new roots and more leaf mass in the long term, which increases the vitality of the trees and creates multi -row tree avenues to fulfill ecological functions in the urban rooms.

The efforts, both in Landau and Hamburg, show the growing focus on sustainable urbanization and the importance of trees for improving the quality of life in cities. By implementing these projects, not only the ecological footprint is reduced, but also a clear contribution to the beautification and promotion of biodiversity. The initiatives not only reflect the need to maintain green spaces in urban areas, but also the endeavor to take on a model function for future urban development projects.