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mapping, however, smaller hop fields are recorded only kilns with their brick chimneys, widespread in the
to the east of Liběšice (i.e. west of Úštěk). It was not until Žatec region. In the town of Úštěk and its surroundings,
the middle of the 19 century that the second military there are still scattered hop buildings intended for the
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mapping also showed a significant concentration of hop storage and drying of hops. In the wider vicinity of the
fields, for example, in the vicinity of the town of Hoštka town of Úštěk, individual vernacular buildings in village
and the village of Polepy (to the north of Roudnice settlements have been preserved and are characterized
nad Labem). Especially after 1850, Úštěk became an by large loft spaces intended for drying hops with dormer
important centre for hop cultivation and processing, and windows in multiple rows. In the northern parts of this hop
in 1865 a hop certification station was established here; growing area, buildings for drying and storage of hops are
local hops were supplied under the Úštěk hops brand. preserved in larger numbers, but here the tradition of hop
A number of buildings for the preparation, packaging growing is no longer a living one and hops are currently
and storage of hops were built in both suburbs. From grown here on minimal areas only.
then on, the area of hop fields increased throughout the
area, but only a small part of these has survived to the TRŠICKÁ (TIRSCHITZ) HOP GROWING REGION (3.)
present day. Specific natural conditions are also the basis This is the most recent of the areas in the Czech
of the uniqueness of the local hops. The Auscha region is Republic, the only one in Moravia, its name taken from
immediately adjacent to that of Žatec. the village of Tršice (Tirschitz). The first mention of hop
growing in Tršice dates back to 1506, in 1561 a brewery
In general, one can state that the processing of hops in this is mentioned. However the hop fields later disappeared.
area took place mainly locally, in the rural environment. The modern development of hop growing began in
The local hops, with significantly different aromatic and 1861, when a farmer Hynek Florýk in cooperation with
taste features, was never of the same quality as hops a prominent hop expert Prof. Jan Lamble planted the first
from the Saaz hop growing region, and were much less hop field and his successes led to the rapid establishment
valued on the market. In addition, the local climate was of hop fields in and around Tršice, creating the Tirschitz
ideal for growing fruit, so the area never had a major hop growing region. It was established in 1883 Hop
focus on growing hops. It was only ever a supplementary Growers Association for Tršice and surroundings, which
crop in the local output. This was reflected in the local defended the interests of hop growers and had its own
building stock, specific buildings used for processing experimental hop field; thanks to its support, a modern
and preservation of figure to a lesser extent than in the building for the Provincial Vocational Agricultural and
component part 01 of the nominated property, their Hop School in Tršice was built in 1927. In 1902, the area of 175
technical equipment is also much simpler, often home- hop fields was 867 hectares. The hop fields were reduced
made by the local farmers-inspired by the hopdrying during the World War I, then again in the 1930s and during

Hop field near Velká Bystřice, in the background the pilgrimage site on the Holy Hill at Olomouc, Tirschitz region, 2011