Als in Waldthurn noch „grünes Gold“ angebaut wurde

In Waldthurn erinnern noch die Siedlung „Hopfengarten“ sowie der Flurname „Am Hopfenackerl“ an eine spezielle landwirtschaftliche Nutzung. Die lange Tradition des Hopfenanbaus erforscht Heimatpfleger Georg Schmidbauer.

von Franz Völkl

Die Siedlung "Hopfengarten" in Waldthurn weist auf den Anbau des "grünen Goldes" hin.

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