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Lahntal

Sub-zone

Lahntal is a named sub-zone of Mittelrhein in Germany. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 4.1 km east of Nassau and 15 km west of Limburg an der Lahn.

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

Key facts

Type
Großlage
Within
Mittelrhein
Separate plots
17
Extent N–S × E–W
0.8 × 8.87 km
Centre
50.3184° N, 7.8578° E
Region
Mittelrhein
Bereich
Bereich Loreley

Where it is

Nearest town
4.1 km east of Nassau
Nearest city
15 km west of Limburg an der Lahn 33,820 people
To the sea
302 km
Rivers nearby
Ohm (0.7 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation
82–201 m
Mean elevation
132 m
Mean slope
29.2° (56 %)
Steepest tenth
above 35°
Faces
south

Measured over the whole outline on 1,042 elevation cells of about 12 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Mosel and German Riesling

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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

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

Inside Lahntal · 4

Sources

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

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