Herbert Popp in Bayreuth: Lecture on Viticulture in Beer Franconia

Event: Viticulture in Today's Beer Franconia - When Kulmbach and Bayreuth Were Still Shaped by Viticulture in Kunstmuseum Bayreuth, Sitzungssaal, Maximilianstraße 33, 95444 Bayreuth on 24. September 2026

Date and Time

24. September 2026 19:30

Location

Kunstmuseum Bayreuth
Maximilianstraße 33, 95444 Bayreuth, Germany

Price

Free

About this Event

Literature & Readings

Mood

Relaxed

Venue Type

Inside

An Evening about the Wine that Shaped Franconia

With his lecture on viticulture in today's Beer Franconia, Prof. Dr. Herbert Popp opens a historical resonance space where landscape, memory, and regional identity intersect. The evening at the Bayreuth Art Museum takes us back to the time when Kulmbach and the Bayreuth area were still significantly shaped by viticulture.

When Geography Becomes Cultural History

Herbert Popp combines scientific precision with narrative clarity. This creates not a dry lecture, but a literarily and culturally enriched perspective on Upper Franconia. The lecture reveals how forms of economy, terrace locations, climatic conditions, and everyday culture shape a region and leave their mark on its memory.

Bayreuth as a Place of Concentration and Exchange

The Bayreuth Art Museum, meeting room, offers a fitting setting: a calm, representative place with a historical aura, where audience members can closely follow the speaker's thoughts. The reading atmosphere of such an evening thrives on closeness, voice, and the silent tension between expertise and regional experience.

Between Vine, Soil, and Image of Home

The lecture bridges the gap between past and present. Those interested in local history, cultural area research, Franconian traditions, and the development of the cultural landscape will gain a solid insight into a topic that extends far beyond viticulture. This is precisely the quality of this literarily-inflected cultural evening: it shows how closely knowledge and storytelling are intertwined.

Conclusion

This evening promises a clever, vivid, and regionally rooted journey into the history of Franconian viticulture. Anyone wishing to experience Bayreuth and Upper Franconia from a new perspective should follow this lecture live.

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