Himmelreich

Himmelreich is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Mosel in Germany, covering 84.4 ha in Graach. It makes up 13.2% of the Großlage Münzlay. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 3.4 km north of Bernkastel-Kues and 36 km north-east of Trier.

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

Key facts

Type

Einzellage

Within

Mosel

Area

84.4 ha

Separate plots

5

Extent N–S × E–W

2.22 × 1.84 km

Centre

49.9436° N, 7.0561° E

Region

Mosel

Bereich

Bereich Bernkastel

Großlage

Münzlay

Where it is

Nearest town

3.4 km north of Bernkastel-Kues

Nearest city

36 km north-east of Trier 100,129 people

To the sea

244 km

Rivers nearby

Mosel (1.2 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

109–340 m

Mean elevation

213 m

Mean slope

21.1° (39 %)

Steepest tenth

above 32°

Faces

south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 90,219 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

• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)100%

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

Gemarkungen · 1

• Graach

Neighbours

• Abtsberg
• Domprobst
• Johannisbrünnchen
• Josephshöfer
• Lay
• Matheisbildchen
• Rosenberg
• Sonnenuhr

Sources

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