Elster

Elster is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Pfalz in Germany, covering 8.5 ha in Forst. It makes up 2.0% of the Großlage Mariengarten. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 4.8 km south of Bad Dürkheim and 9 km north-east of Neustadt an der Weinstraße.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Einzellage

Within

Pfalz

Area

8.5 ha

Separate plots

6

Extent N–S × E–W

0.35 × 0.52 km

Centre

49.4198° N, 8.1874° E

Region

Pfalz

Bereich

Ber. Mittelhaardt/Dt. Weinstraße

Großlage

Mariengarten

Where it is

Nearest town

4.8 km south of Bad Dürkheim

Nearest city

9 km north-east of Neustadt an der Weinstraße 53,984 people

To the sea

381 km

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

117–138 m

Mean elevation

126 m

Mean slope

3.0° (5 %)

Steepest tenth

above 4°

Faces

north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 9,042 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Mosel and German Riesling

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

• Mixed sedimentary rocks100%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Gemarkungen · 1

• Forst

Neighbours

• Herrgottsacker
• Ungeheuer

Sources

Landwirtschaftskammer Rheinland-Pfalz, Weinbergslagen (dl-de/by-2-0)