Stock Photo - 09 November 2021, Brandenburg, Lübbenau: A piece of bread with freshly grated horseradish stands at the official start of the harvest of the pungent roots on the farm of the vegetable farm Dirk Richter. This year, horseradish is being cultivated on a good ten hectares in the Spreewald. Traditionally the root vegetable is harvested from October to January, the main harvest time is in November. Horseradish is an important and traditional crop of the Spreewald and, along with Spreewälder Gurken (Spreewald gherkins), one of only three protected geographical indications in the state of Brandenburg. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB. - Lübbenau/Brandenburg/Germany