The history of viticultural land use as a determinant of contemporary regional development in Western Poland

0505818 - BC 2020 RIV GB eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Greinert, A. - Kostecki, J. - Vystavna, Yuliya
The history of viticultural land use as a determinant of contemporary regional development in Western Poland.
Land Use Policy. Roč. 85, JUN (2019), s. 249-258. ISSN 0264-8377. E-ISSN 1873-5754
Institucionální podpora: RVO:60077344
Klíčová slova: wine * viticulture * tourism * Central and Eastern Europe
Obor OECD: Ecology
Impakt faktor: 3.682, rok: 2019
Způsob publikování: Omezený přístup
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837718318878?via%3Dihub

Many regions in Europe have unique and characteristic landscapes, partly resulting from historical and/or current economic activities that have become a contemporary land mark. At present, there is a trend to show these unique features by emphasizing local traditions or recreating historical ones that were often forgotten a long time ago. Viticulture is one of these activities that becomes an important element of the culture and landscape development. This is also a determinant of the agri- and gastronomic tourism. Historically, Central and Eastern Europe had smaller vineyard areas than Western and particularly Southern European regions, mainly because of the climate conditions. However, viticulture traditions were developed in some western parts of Poland, especially in Lower Silesia. Our analysis of historical documents indicated that in the past cities such as Zielona Gora, Gubin, Krosno, Sulechow and Swiebodzin were well-known European viticulture centres. Nowadays, as a result of the stronger position of regions in Europe, their wine-making history is being recognized, new production vineyards are being created, and campaigns are being launched to encourage vineyards and visits for tasting local wines. Our study of regional economic trends has revealed that oenological tourism has perceived as an important element of the economic development of historical wine-making regions and former vineyards. Museums, thematic parks, tourist routes and even wine spa are being established. These activities perfectly fit in with agricultural tourism, creating an important group of the wine tourism and support interesting, individual forms and characteristics of regional culture. Based on the experiences of the Lubusz Province (Poland) a conceptual framework for the development of oenological tourism has been proposed for other Central and Eastern European, but also worldwide regions with a history of viticultural land use.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0300368