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Hunguest Hotel Nagyerdő *** Debrecen

Address: H–4032 Debrecen, Pallagi út 5.
Telephone: +36-52/319-739
Fax: +36–52/410–588
E–mail: nagyerdo@hnhotels.hu

Debrecen — the "Calvinist Rome"

Following Budapest, the capital Hungary’s second largest city offers great possibilities of leisure, excursions and entertainment to guests of Hortus Naturae Hotels.

The town's name occurs in written documents from the beginning of the 13th century. The town joining multiple villages together had already been a market town in 1361 and also a manorial centre of Dósa Family. In 1693 Debrecen became a free royal town where authorities preferred stock raising and commerce. The growth of population in the civic town was promoted by the Turkish occupation as the majority of neighboring settlements had been destroyed and survivors had moved to Debrecen, furthermore left areas were joined to the property of the town. In the 16th and 17th century the town's boundary extended to River Tisza, meanwhile the settlement gained growing international reputation due to its fairs and craftsmen. 1849 was a significant year in the history of the civic town as the dethronement of the Habsburg House was proclaimed in the Nagytemplom; during the 1848–1849 Revolution and War of Independence Debrecen became the capital of Hungary as the government had escaped there from Pest–Buda. During World War II it had become the capital second time when the Provisional National Assembly was held there.

Recently Debrecen is the capital of Hajdú–Bihar County and the centre of the Northern Great Plain Region. Following this brief outline of history guests of Hortus Naturae Hotels are invited to a walk in Debrecen.

The symbol of Debrecen, the Nagytemplom welcomes visitors in the inner city. The church built between 1805 and 1820 in Classicist style according to Mihály Péchy's plans is also the symbol of the Reformed Church. If you are brave enough you can climb the Western Tower staircase’s 260 steps to enjoy the view and also admire the Rákóczi Bell.

Debrecen's inner city abound in churches as the Kistemplom, also called Truncated church, the dome of which was destroyed by a windstorm is also located there. It's worth seeing the Roman Catholic church in Szent Anna Street that had been built in Baroque style according to Ferenc Povolny's plans. Walking around in the inner city Déri Museum couldn’t be missed. The town's collection was established in 1902 and extended by Frigyes Déri in 1920.

Today the most significant attraction is Munkácsy’s Trilogy. Nearby the museum can be found the building of the Reformed College where such outstanding representatives of Hungarian literature had studied as Mihály Fazekas, Mihály Vitéz Csokonai or Zsigmond Móricz. Visitors of the civic town shouldn’t omit seeing a play of Csokonai Theatre that might be followed by a pleasant dinner in the member hotel of Hortus Naturae Hotels, Hotel Nagyerdő. Real leisure is waiting for visitors in the Nagyerdő. The area is one of Hungary’s and also Europe’s first protected forests. There can be found the building complex of the University of Debrecen the history of which traces back to 1912. The former István Tisza University initially had four faculties and obtained its recent form following multiple reorganizations. The French park in front of the main building is unique in the town. Walking in the Nagyerdő it’s worth visiting the Zoo or paddling for a while on the boating lake then visiting the Botanic Garden. At the end or your walk you can make a splash in Aquaticum Mediterranean Water Amusement Park.