# Wolnzach

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**Wolnzach** (ˈvɔlntsax, [locally](/source/Austro-Bavarian_language) [ˈvɔɪntsɔ(x)]) is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Germany) in the district of [Pfaffenhofen](/source/Pfaffenhofen_(district)) in [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is also a "seal district" (*"Siegelbezirk"*) of the [hop-planting](/source/Hops) area [Hallertau](/source/Hallertau), and home of important hops-related institutions such as the German Hops Museum (*"Deutsches Hopfenmuseum"*) and the [Hop Research Center Hüll](/source/Hop_Research_Center_H%C3%BCll).

## History

Wolnzach was first mentioned in the foundation document of [Wessobrunn Abbey](/source/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](/source/Hop_Research_Center_H%C3%BCll) in 1962.

The [German Hop Museum](/source/German_Hop_Museum) was founded in 2002.

Alois Dallmayr, former owner of the famous [Dallmayr](/source/Dallmayr) food store in Munich originated from Wolnzach.

## Twin towns

Wolnzach is [twinned](/source/Town_twinning) with [Poperinge](/source/Poperinge) in [Belgium](/source/Belgium) since 1965.

## References

1. [Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden](https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/), [Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik](/source/Bayerisches_Landesamt_f%C3%BCr_Statistik), 15 July 2021.

## External links

- (in German) [German Hops Museum, Wolnzach](http://www.hopfenmuseum.de/)

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