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"Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel": in the 1973 Czech-German fantasy film, three enchanted hazelnuts make all the heroine’s dreams come true. But even without any magic, the hazelnut is a remarkable fruit.
![Common hazel (corylus avellana), (A) twig with male catkins, (B) twig with leaves, (C) hazelnut in its bracts, (4) female flower consisting of ovary and red stigma, (5) ripe hazelnut. Illustration by Otto Wilhelm Thomé, 1885.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/hasel-illustration-von-otto-wilhelm-thome-1885-191x300.jpg)
![Hazelnuts dating from the Neolithic period, found in Egolzwil (LU).](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/haselnusse-aus-der-jungsteinzeit-gefunden-in-egolzwil-lu-300x225.jpg)
![Turkish agricultural workers drying hazelnuts in the village of Saçmalıpınar (Düzce Province).](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/turkische-landarbeiterinnen-beim-trocknen-von-haselnussen-im-dorf-sacmalipinar-300x152.jpg)
![Early “Ragusa” advertising poster c. 1957.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/ragusa-camille-bloch-218x300.jpg)
"Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel": in the 1973 Czech-German fantasy film, three enchanted hazelnuts make all the heroine’s dreams come true. But even without any magic, the hazelnut is a remarkable fruit.