Tettnang Hop Trail

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Information board "Pole hops" and "Breweries"

The Tettnang Hop Trail is a four-kilometer educational trail on the subject of hops in the area of ​​the Baden-Württemberg town of Tettnang in the Lake Constance district in Germany .

Tettnang hops

The Tettnang aroma hops (lat. Humulus lupulus ), which belongs to the hemp family , originated in the Czech city ​​of Žatec (German Saaz ). It has been grown in Tettnang since 1844. The right-winding female plants grow up to 30 cm daily and reach a height of eight meters and reach an age of over fifty years. Their vegetation period lasts from April to September, with around 4,000 vines per hectare being grown on a total of 1,600 hectares (ha) of cultivation area. The annual production of green gold amounts to 40,000 to 50,000 quintals (2000 to 2500 tons ). The ingredients, fine essential oils and balanced bitter substances , are used worldwide for the production of beers . Around 2/3 of the Tettnang hops are exported, around 1/3 are destined for the German market.

year 1854 1860 1864 1866 1874 1884 1892 1907 1913 1925 1945 1949 1956 1965 1973 1977 1982 2004 2008 2009 2010 2011 2016
Number of establishments 1240 * 196 172 168 165 157 135
Acreage (ha) 3 31 91 170 400 648 609 620 636 500 515 410 688 801 1456 1221 1209 1220 1233 1221 1225 1221 1281
Total yield (t) 12.5 70 494 420 243 352 1067 1451 2043 1681 1974 1861 1836 1611 1791 ? ?
Ø yield (t / ha) 0.40 0.41 0.81 0.68 0.49 0.86 1.55 1.81 1.40 1.38 1.63 1.53 1.49 1.32 1.47 ? ?

Table: Hop growing in the Tettnang growing area (* farmers, not businesses!)

In 2010 “ Tettnang hops ” was recognized by the European Union as a protected geographical indication (GGI).

Course of the hop path

From the Hop Museum in the Siggenweiler district , the Hop Trail runs along extensive hop fields and orchards via Dieglishofen , partly parallel to the Lake Constance District Jubilee Trail , into the center of Tettnang to the Kronenbrauerei . Under the motto “from farmer to brewer”, hikers and cyclists are initiated into the secrets and peculiarities of hop growing and beer brewing through information boards set up along the way . Special information boards have been installed for children: Humulus and Lupulus , two hop cones , keep the little ones entertaining along the way.

Hop Museum

At the hop museum

In the Tettnang Hop Museum , the first of its kind in Germany, visitors are informed about the great variety of hop culture on an exhibition area of ​​2,000 square meters. The over 160-year history of hop growing in Tettnang takes you over three floors.

Thematic areas of the museum:

  • Hop plants (botany)
  • Hop growing and harvesting yesterday and today
  • Hop trade and quality control
  • History of beer with beer bottle collection of beers brewed with Tettnang hops

Kronenbrauerei

The Kronen Brewery is a small, artisanal brewery that has been in the family for seven generations . It is the last of the former 26 breweries in the Tettnang hop-growing region. In addition to the Zwickelbier, the range includes Kronen-Bier, Kronen- Pils , Keller-Pils, Coronator Doppelbock light and dark, as well as very special specialties Märzenbier and "23.04 - The vintage beer ". During a one-hour tour, visitors have the opportunity to accompany the master brewer through the machine and brewhouse , storage and filter cellar to the bottle filling plant.

Hops Parade

The hop sow - the original

In 2006, a hop-sow parade was held in cooperation between the city of Tettnang, the Hop-Growers Association and the Hop Museum. For the fifth hop hiking busy over ninety-life and by local artists Customized partly Hopfensäue glass fiber reinforced plastic, the Tettnang hops path, later also streets and squares in the city. Sculptures such as the Obelix sow , the fat Waldemar and the Stromerle were created from the 30 kilogram blanks . This animal parade reminiscent of the custom of those Hopfenpflückerin as Hopfensau to celebrate the abpflückt the last hop vine of the year.

literature

  • Adorno, Oskar: Hop growing in “Description of the Upper Office Tettnang; Pp. 541-544 " . K. State Statistical Office, Stuttgart 1915.
  • Heidtmann, Peter: Green Gold - 150 years of hop growing in Tettnang . Lorenz Senn GmbH & Co. KG, Tettnang 1994, ISBN 3-88812-167-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics at www.tettnanger-hopfen.de
  2. ↑ Protected geographical indication for Tettnang hops

Coordinates: 47 ° 41 ′ 23 "  N , 9 ° 36 ′ 55"  E