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The confluence of the Blšanka stream and the river Ohře (wider stream in the left), Stekník, 2019

northern perimeter of the village, in the 1970s and vents used to regulate the airflow in the oast and on the
1980s partially disrupted the urban structure and scale adjoining hop stores. The second important ensemble
of the village. The design of the buildings located in in Trnovany, closely related to the local history of
the southeast and northeast of the territory is very hop growing and processing, is the area of farmstead
utilitarian, both in terms of architecture, material No. 9, located in hop fields near the confluence of
used and crafts-manship. They are however a period the river Ohře and Blšanka stream. By the beginning
testimony of technological changes in the processing of the 19 century, a large courtyard surrounded by
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of hops that took place during this period. At the same an ornamental garden already stood on the site, the 87
time, they document the still-living and well-kept hop owner of which, Josef Schöffl, was one of the largest
growing tradition. hop producers in Bohemia in the middle of the 19
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century. Today’s appearance is the result of gradual
In the south-west part of the component part 01 lies construction modifications of the area, especially at
the village of Trnovany, which administratively belongs the beginning of the 20 century. A visually significant,
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to the town of Žatec. Its urban structure is not entirely and for the technical heritage of the component part 01
preserved, but it still maintains the raw material utterly characteristic part of the building, is the south
characteristics of a small hop growing village in the wing of the farmstead, the facade of which is formed
region. Its core, with irregularly scattered buildings, is by a set of four tower-shaped extensions, in which the
situated around an expanding road. The development Linhart patent hop drying kiln are still located. The
consists of multi-story brick buildings of a mostly building, with hop drying kilns, is complemented by an
rectangular floor plan, with gabled and hip roofs. The architecturally high-quality residential villa, built in the
building stock of the village has been damaged due to 1930s. The structures of the train station from the 1970s,
long-term neglect. During the second half of the 20 which is a valuable part of the history of harvesting, hop
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century, some buildings were demolished or utilitarian processing, and successful trading, still show a high
rebuilt after the expulsion of the German population degree of authenticity in the exterior expression.
after World War II. During the second half of the 20
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century, the village never managed to be resettled to its A detailed description of hop-related objects in
original extent. However, the original structure, scale, component part 01 is given in Chapter 7.c.
and material make up of the historic buildings are still
legible. Several exceptionally authentic hop growing The image of the landscape is complemented by the
buildings have been preserved to this day, which, permanent vegetation around the stream Blšanka and
thanks to their mass, location in the landscape, design, rive Ohře and the former meanders of the river bed.
and architectural design, are among the most iconic Another set of permanent greenery naturally defines
buildings of the entire Saaz hop growing area. This the component part 01 at its eastern and southeastern
is especially the area of the Mill No. 8, which includes edges. The area rises slightly in the southern direction
a generously designed hop drying kiln. It was created by and its borders naturally define the most visually
rebuilding an older barn, which received a magnificent valuable territory of the landscape, whose integrity is
neo-Gothic facade with characteristic turrets, in fact, extraordinary in the conditions of the Czech Republic.