Wolnzach

Wolnzach
Wolnzach
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wolnzach within Pfaffenhofen a.d.Ilm district
	Wolnzach Wolnzach
	Coordinates: 48°36′N 11°37′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberbayern
District	Pfaffenhofen a.d.Ilm
Government
• Mayor	Jens Machold (CSU)
Area
• Total	91.62 km2 (35.37 sq mi)
Elevation	415 m (1,362 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	11,622
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	85283
Dialling codes	08442
Vehicle registration	PAF
Website	www.wolnzach.de

Wolnzach (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlntsax], locally [ˈvɔɪntsɔ(x)]) is a municipality in the district of Pfaffenhofen in Bavaria, Germany. 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 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 Hops Museum was founded in 2002.

Alois Dallmayr, former owner of the famous Dallmayr food store in Munich originated from Wolnzach.

Twin towns

Wolnzach is twinned with Poperinge in Belgium since 1965.

References

"Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2019.

External links

Media related to Wolnzach at Wikimedia Commons

(in German) German Hops Museum, Wolnzach

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[1] "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2019.