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to brewing, such as the manufacturing of equipment for similarities can be found in the local celebration of the
breweries and the malting industry. hop growing tradition, which is reflected in popular
annual festivities such as the town parade and the Queen
In Bamberg, buildings erected for the storage and of Hops Ball.
processing of hops have not been preserved in a complex
like that in the hop town of Žatec. The historic centre of In 2010, the Protected Geographical Indication
Bamberg is inscribed on the World Heritage List, but for "Tettnanger Hopfen" was registered in the EU. This
different value attributes than evidence of the processing designation is a geographical category, not one of origin
of hops or trade in it. These aspects are not emphasized as in the case of Saaz hops.
in the description of Bamberg’s values.
BELGIUM
TETTNANG HOP GROWING REGION (9.) POPERINGE HOP GROWING REGION (10.)
In Baden-Württemberg, the most important town Belgium is a country with a major tradition of beer
associated with the cultivation of hops is Tettnang. production and consumption, it has perhaps the most
A small town on Lake Constance, in the vicinity of which types of beer of any country in the world, many of them
aroma hops are grown, it is another proof of the common with a long tradition of brewing and quality improvement.
historical development of the German lands and Bohemia
in the fields of hop growing and brewing. The cultivation It was in the monasteries of present-day Belgium that
of these hops dates back to the reign of Charles IV in the perhaps the most intense medieval "transformation of
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14 century (Holy Roman Empire). Even then, uniform beer" into a cultural drink took place. Belgium is therefore
historical standards were set for hop growing and beer a country recognized for having a beer culture tradition.
brewing in Central Europe. However, the growth in In Belgium, records of the cultivation and use of hops
cultivation dates back to after the Napoleonic Wars in have also been preserved from the 13 century, which
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particular, when it complemented the region’s wine corresponds to local processing similar to that in the
growing activities and took advantage of the climatic historical core of Žatec. However, the parallels end here,
advantages of the foothills near the lake. The Tettnang because most of the hops for brewing beer in the areas
hop variety is genetically close to the hops cultivated in of present-day Belgium were imported. No larger set of
the Žatec region. buildings is known in any of the cities with a tradition of
hop growing. The hop field structures used in this area
However, there is no similar set of hop buildings in the do not attain the same height as in the Žatec region, they 179
town such as in Žatec. The local Hop Museum (Tettnanger reach up to a maximum of only 5.5 to 6 meters.
Hopfenmuseum), founded as the first of its kind in
Germany, is located in an historic three-storey building The architecture of an industrial hop warehouse with
and represents more than 170 years of tradition. Some similar features to the buildings in Žatec is represented in

Hop field with the natural windbreak, Poperinge, Belgium, 2010