What is "hopfenberg"

The Hopfenberg is a wooded hill near Winterstein in the borough of Waltershausen, in the county of Gotha in the German state of Thuringia.

With a height of , the Hopfenberg forms the eastern boundary of the Emse valley within the municipality of Winterstein. The hill, which is cleared on its western and northern flanks, was used in the Middle Ages for the cultivation of hops, from which the hill derives its name. The rocky southern face of the Hopfenberg towers over the Sembach valley by about 125 metres. The Kilianstein rock formation in the east of the valley recalls the conversion of local pagans by the missionary, St Kilian. The rock face on the Treppenstein is also impressive; here there used to be a quarry whose rock was used in the construction of forest tracks.

Hopfenberg is German and literally means "hop hill". It may refer to the following:

Places:

• Hopfenberg, a village in the borough of Giersleben in the county of Salzlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
• Hopfenberg, a settlement in Ruthe (Sarstedt) in the county of Landkreis Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Hopfenberg (Ried), in the borough of Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria
• Hopfenberg, the German name for Chmielno in the Voivodeship of West Pomerania, Poland
• Bad Hopfenberg, spa in Petershagen, Minden-Lübbecke, North Rhine-Westphalia

Hills in Germany:

• Hopfenberg (Berghausen) , near Berghausen (Pfinztal), county of Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
• Hopfenberg (Billerbeck) , near Billerbeck (Einbeck), county of Northeim,Lower Saxony
• Hopfenberg , normally covered by the waters of the Edersee, county of Waldeck-Frankenberg, North Hesse
• Hopfenberg (Waltershausen) , near Winterstein (Waltershausen), county of Gotha, Thuringia
• Hopfenberg (Rhön) , in the Brückenau Kuppenrhön near Schwarzenfels (Sinntal), Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse
• Hopfenberg (Walburg) (ca. ), near Walburg (Hessian Lichtenau), Werra-Meißner-Kreis, North Hesse

See also:

• Hopfberg
• Hopfenberg Tunnel