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The most important part of the rural component part 01 on the map of the stable cadastre of the cadastral municipality Stekník from 1843 (ÚAZK).
The areas of the hop fields are highlighted in brown compared to the original.

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although not very significantly. This example can be II. military mapping (together with maps of the stable
understood as evidence of a development in less than cadastre) proves that by the middle of the 19 century at
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ten years, which led to an increase in hop cultivation the latest, hop fields occupied all suitable positions in the
areas (although in some places, on the contrary, hop wider Ohře floodplain, in the belt from Libočany further
fields disappeared), but even more as evidence of the east to the town of Postoloprty (and basically to Lenešice).
then instability of the position, and sizes, of hop fields Later changes in the area of planted hop fields in this area
in general. This is especially true of the then hop fields were relatively insignificant. If there was a major reduction
of wooden poles, which had to be renewed every year at any time, it was only temporary. II. military mapping
(as already explained above, the poles were pulled out captures practically the same situation in the space of
of the ground at harvest and stored during the winter). both component parts as contemporary maps of a stable
Theoretically, therefore, the planted area of hop fields cadastre. Due to the continuous display and medium
could differ from year to year. In fact, this was not the scale, II. military mapping is, for a framework study of
case, of course, because hops are a perennial plant that landscape structure, more advantageous. At that time,
will last 20 years or more in the habitat. the imperial road from Lubenec to Most already passed