Hallertau - Hallertau

The Hallertau is the largest contiguous hop growing area in the world.

places

• Abensberg
• Altmannstein
• Au in the Hallertau
• Geisenfeld
• Hohenwart
• Langquaid
• Mainburg
• Nandlstadt
• Neustadt on the Danube
• Pfaffenhofen on the Ilm, In 2011 named the "most livable small town in the world" by the UN.
• Pfeffenhausen
• Rottenburg an der Laaber
• Scheyern, with the Benedictine monastery, origin of the House of Wittelsbach;
• Schrobenhausen, Asparagus metropolis and birthplace of the painter prince Franz von Lenbach.
• Siegenburg
• Wolnzach

Other goals

background

Around a third of the world's hops demand is harvested in the Hallertau.

getting there

mobility

Tourist Attractions

• The German Hop Museum in Wolnzach
• The Kuchlbauer Hundertwasser Tower in Abensberg
• The Scheyern Monastery
• The Celtic-Roman Museum in Manching

activities

Regular events

• The Hop Asparagus Weeks are from mid-March to early April.

• The Gillamoss in Abensberg is one of the oldest markets in Bavaria. The five-day market takes place on the weekend around the first Sunday in September.

• The Hellring in the municipal area of Langquaid is a specialty, the courtyards are licensed for five days during a pilgrimage at the beginning of October.

• The Gallimarkt in Mainburg takes place on the second weekend in October and lasts 4 days.

kitchen

The Hop Asparagus Weeks take place from mid-March to early April. The tender root shoots of the hop plant are harvested by hand and offered as a specialty in local restaurants. They can only be used as long as the sprouts grow under the ground, protected from light. The growth is strongly dependent on the weather, which is why the harvest time, about three weeks, can only be determined shortly beforehand. When the shoots grow out of the ground, the harvest is over.

This is a traditional harvest dish Hop meal. It used to be the reward of the hops plucking after a successful harvest. First there was a hearty soup, then roast pork with bread or dough dumplings, sauerkraut and the hop pluck salad, which is potato salad with cucumber or endive.

At the Hallertau dumplings (Doagknedl) old rolls are diced and mixed with pancake batter (flour, eggs, milk and salt) and formed into dumplings. The dumplings soak in boiling water until they are cooked. As a side dish for roasting, they are fluffier than bread dumplings.

nightlife

security

climate

trips

literature

Web links

• hopfenland-hallertau.de -Information about the Hallertau
• wikipedia: Hop Museum