Deidesheim Latvians

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Letten is the name of a vineyard located northeast of the municipality of Forst on the Weinstrasse ( Rhineland-Palatinate ) and belongs to the neighboring small town of Deidesheim . Their vineyards cover 124.3 hectares .

Location, climate, soils

The Letten belongs to the Palatinate cultivation area and here again to the Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse area. It is a single site that is part of the Schnepfenflug large site on the Wine Route . The Letten lies at an altitude of about 115  m above sea level. NHN and is 100% flat. The Haardt mountain range protects the Latvians from precipitation in its lee .

The soils of the lettuce consist of clay , loamy sand and loess .

Surname

The name was first mentioned in 1855 ("At the Lettengrube"). The name refers to the Latvian soil type .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Search for vineyards. Chamber of Agriculture Rhineland-Palatinate, accessed on October 23, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b c Museum for Wine Culture , Deidesheim, 1982
  3. ↑ Fritz Schumann: From the wild grape to the wine cooperative . In: Deidesheim - Contributions to the history and culture of a city in the wine country . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1995, ISBN 3-7995-0418-4 , p. 303 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 25 ′ 49.5 ″  N , 8 ° 12 ′ 40.1 ″  E