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SLOVAKIA Hop fields in the north of the Iberian Peninsula,
Mountainous Slovakia, with a high proportion of Leon, Spain, 2018
forests and somewhat different climatic conditions,
is one of the few Central European countries that has
not developed hop cultivation more significantly.
Traditionally, viticulture dominates here, especially in
the southern parts of the country, historically connected
with Hungary. Slovakia imports a significant volume of
its beer.

HORNÁ STREDA (23.)
The hop growing region is spread along the river Váh.
The hop industry was built and supported especially
in the second half of the 20 century, during the
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existence of Czechoslovakia, when the Horná Streda
processing plant for hops was built in a small village
above the Váh. Although the tradition of brewing beer
is maintained in Slovakia at a number of breweries,
there is no comparable set of hop structures similar to
Žatec’s "industrial hop town".

Other countries in Central, Southern and South-Eastern
Europe focused primarily on vine growing and the
development of wine production. The beer brewing
tradition and the establishment of buildings related
to this is therefore not significant or is only of local
significance.

SPAIN
LÉON HOP GROWING REGION (24.) 187
This hop growing region is located in the north of
the country in the province of León. The history of
hop cultivation is relatively recent. The beginning of
significant hop cultivation occurred here during the
20 century. There are no historic hop buildings of
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architectural significance that could be compared to the
nominated property.

OTHER HOP GROWING REGIONS IN THE WORLD
Hop cultivation has also been introduced in other regions
of the world, in connection with the development of the
modern brewing industry. These are small hop growing
areas in the following countries: for example, Austria
(Mihlviertel, Neufelden), Bulgaria (the municipalities
of Velingrad and Rakitovo), Romania (municipality
of Seleuș), India (Himachal Pradesh region), Belarus,
Argentina (Patagonia, the area around El Bolsón) North
Korea, Turkey (Eskisehir) and Canada. In none of these
other regions is there a comparable set of historically
significant hop structures, an historical connection with
the rural growing landscape and its links to processing
in the urban landscape or the appropriate research
background.

Hop trellis with high lateral inclined columns, Seleus Municipality, Romania, 2012