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Component part 01 with hop fields around the villages e) Requirements for protection and management
of Stekník and Trnovany represents an area which has Both component parts of the nominated property Žatec
not changed much over the centuries and the current and the Landscape of Saaz Hops are already protected or
use of which copies its historical use and settlements will be protected in the near future under the National Act
where no major building modifications have been no. 20/1987 Coll. on the National Heritage Protection as
carried out. The village of Stekník with its well- amended in combination with other protective regimes
preserved integrity emphasised by the typical brick stemming from this act which include the following ones:
buildings surrounding the central village square and
the chateau of the same name create a visual unity At present the cultural values are administratively
underpinned by large areas of hop fields. protected by Land Use Plans of the village of Zálužice as
well as town of Žatec. For component part 01 with hop
The fertile sediments of the floodplain around fields, the Landscape Heritage Zone has been outlined for
watercourses, the location of the hop fields in their designation which is expected in 2021. The cultural values
vicinity and the village of Stekník situated at a safe, of Žatec in component part 02 are fully protected by law,
elevated place all contribute to the visual integrity of namely by two decrees of the Ministry of Culture which, in
the property. The visual integrity of component part several steps, delineated joint heritage areas.
01 is strengthened by the morphology of the site.
Monitoring the site integrity in the future will also be The hop fields located in the nominated property and
helped by the recently opened walking trail along the its buffer zone are also protected under Act no. 97/1996
eastern and south-eastern boundary above the flat Sb. on Protection of Hops. This act not only sets forth the
part of the landscape with hop fields. requirements for certification, quality control, blending,
treatment and introduction of the commodities into
Component part 02 is a large urban complex with high circulation, which are subject to hop common market
integrity of the hop story in the urban environment organisation, but it also defines state administration
which includes all the elements that illustrate the responsibilities including state supervision over
history of the town of Žatec as a world-famous centre compliance with the European Community obligations
for centuries associated with processing and exporting declared in international treaties.
of high quality hops.
The entire area of the nominated property including its
d) Statement of Authenticity buffer zone is also protected by the Protected Designation 17
Functional authenticity of the hop growing rural of Origin which is a guarantee that the quality of hops
landscape has been fully preserved and lies in the grown in this area is primarily or exclusively determined
locations of hop fields which have not changed and by the special geographic conditions combined with
the presence of watercourses, rural settlements unique natural and human factors.
which served as a base to the farmed fields and which
preserved their original footprint, and the historic In the preserved component part 01 as well as in the
communication network. urban structure of component part 02 no major changes
are envisaged in the future.
The buildings in component part 01 have a high
degree of authenticity. This applies both to individual The nominated property is managed by the Steering
buildings, farmsteads and the former residence of the Group (SG), the core team of which was established at the
local landlord (Stekník Chateau) and a large Baroque Žatec municipal level already in 2013. The Steering Group
granary at Stekník which was later converted into includes the key stakeholders active in the nominated
a hop drying kiln. property and they are assisted by the Working Groups
focused on specific areas of the Management Plan.
The buildings in the historic centre of Žatec
(component part 02) display authentic signs of NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF OFFICIAL
an older traditional method of drying hops in the LOCAL INSTITUTION / AGENCY:
lofts, particularly in the town centre. The authentic
mass of the buildings is closely monitored during all Ministerstvo kultury České republiky
refurbishment and restoration projects. Even more (Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic)
recent hop-related buildings with unique functions Maltézské náměstí 1
concentrated in a small area of the Prague Suburb CZ-118 00 Praha 1 – Malá Strana
have mostly been preserved in their authentic quality. Phone: +420 257 085 111
Some of them no longer serve their original function, Fax: +420 224 318 155
but remain in a relatively stable condition with their Email: epodatelna@mkcr.cz
authentic form and many specific details preserved. Web: http://www.mkcr.cz
They are expected to undergo well thought-through
and sympathetic conversion.