Wolnzach (,
locally ) is a
municipality
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in the district of
Pfaffenhofen in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. It is also a "seal district" (''"Siegelbezirk"'') of the
hop-planting area
Hallertau, and home of important hops-related institutions such as the German Hops Museum (''"Deutsches Hopfenmuseum"'') and the
Hop Research Center Hüll.
History
Wolnzach was first mentioned in the foundation document of
Wessobrunn Abbey
Wessobrunn Abbey (Kloster Wessobrunn) was a Benedictine monastery near Weilheim in Bavaria, Germany.
It is celebrated as the home of the famous Wessobrunn Prayer and also of a Baroque school of stucco workers and plasterers in the 18th century. ...
in 756, by the name of ''Wolamotesaha''. In 1150 there occurs the first documentary reference to Wolnzach as the site of a market.
In 1926, the German Hop Research Society established a research site in Hüll near Wolnzach, which would develop into the
Hop Research Center Hüll in 1962.
The
German Hop Museum was founded in 2002.
Alois Dallmayr, former owner of the famous
Dallmayr
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food store in Munich originated from Wolnzach.
Twin towns
Wolnzach is
twinned with
Poperinge
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in
Belgium
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since 1965.
References
External links
German Hops Museum, Wolnzach
Pfaffenhofen (district)
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