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Hessische Bergstraße

Wine region

Hessische Bergstraße is a wine region in Germany across 10 communes. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

Germany's smallest region, on the warm western edge of the Odenwald.
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Key facts

Type
g.U. (PDO)
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
31,047 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
48.19 × 35.72 km
Centre
49.8662° N, 8.9613° E
Grapes
Accent, Acolon, Albalonga, Allegro, André, Arnsburger, Auxerrois, Bacchus, Blauburger, Blauer Affenthaler, Blauer Elbling, Blauer Frühburgunder, Blauer Gelbhölzer, Blauer Limberger, Blauer Portugieser, Blauer Silvaner, Blauer Spätburgunder, Blauer Trollinger, Blauer Zweigelt, Bolero, Bronner, Cabernet Carbon, Cabernet Carol, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Cubin, Cabernet Dorio, Cabernet Dorsa, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Mitos, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cantaro, Chardonnay, Chardonnay Rosé, Dakapo, Deckrot, Domina, Dornfelder, Dunkelfelder, Ehrenbreitsteiner, Ehrenfelser, Faberrebe, Findling, Fontanara, Freisamer, Früher Malingre, Früher Roter Malvasier, Färbertraube, Gelber Muskateller, Gelber Orleans, Goldriesling, Grüner Silvaner, Grüner Veltliner, Gutenborner, Hegel, Helfensteiner, Helios, Heroldrebe, Hibernal, Huxelrebe, Hölder, Irsay Oliver, Johanniter, Juwel, Kanzler, Kerner, Kernling, Mariensteiner, Merlot, Merzling, Morio Muskat, Muskat Ottonel, Muskat Trollinger, Müller Thurgau, Müllerrebe, Neronet, Nobling, Orion, Ortega, Osteiner, Palas, Perle, Phoenix, Piroso, Primitivo, Prinzipal, Prior, Reberger, Regent, Regner, Reichensteiner, Rieslaner, Rondo, Rotberger, Roter Elbling, Roter Muskateller, Roter Riesling, Roter Räuschling, Roter Traminer, Ruländer, Saint Laurent, Saphira, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Scheurebe, Schönburger, Septimer, Serena, Sibera, Siegerrebe, Silcher, Sirius, Solaris, Staufer, Syrah, Tauberschwarz, Villaris, Weißer Burgunder, Weißer Elbling, Weißer Gutedel, Weißer Heunisch, Weißer Riesling, Weißer Räuschling, Welschriesling, Wildmuskat, Würzer
Other grapes
Optima, Sulmer
Max yield
100 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
2.1 km east of Groß-Umstadt
Nearest city
22 km east of Darmstadt 167,029 people
To the sea
390 km
Rivers nearby
Main (15 km)
Same latitude
Okanagan Valley (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
89–528 m
Mean elevation
197 m

Measured over the whole outline on 32,624 elevation cells of about 99 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

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

Communes · 10

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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