Deidesheimer Mäushöhle

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Mäushöhle is the name of a vineyard on the western edge of the valley above the small Palatinate town of Deidesheim ( Rhineland-Palatinate ). It covers an area of ​​24.2 hectares .

Location, climate, soils

The Mäushöhle belongs to the Palatinate cultivation area and here in turn to the Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse area . It is a single site that is part of the Forster Mariengarten large site . The Mäushöhle lies at a height of about 125 to 180  m above sea level. NHN and is 100% dependent.

The transition from the Palatinate Forest to the Lower Palatinate Lowland, known as Mittelhaardt, forms an approximately two-kilometer-wide foothill zone here. The floors of the Mäushöhle consist of loam to sandy loam, in places with boulders, sandy clays and occasionally from weathered sandstone. The Haardt mountain range protects the Mäushöhle from excessive precipitation in its lee , and the slope of the slope means that cold air masses can flow off to the Rhine plain on frosty spring nights and the vines usually do not freeze.

Surname

The name was first mentioned in 1208, its original form was "Musehelde". The name is the oldest among the names of the Deidesheim vineyards. The name Mäushöhle probably does not come from mice , but from a personal name (mouse), as is quite common with Halde names.

Wineries

The location "Mäushöhle" is u. a. managed by the Reichrat von Buhl , Bassermann-Jordan , Michael Andres and Acham-Magin wineries .

See also

literature

  • Carina Zweck, Manfred Halfer: From the Musehelde to the Mäushöhle. The Palatinate vineyards. Origin and interpretation of their names . Ed .: Museum für Weinkultur e. V., Deidesheim. 1992, p. 54 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Search for vineyards. Chamber of Agriculture Rhineland-Palatinate, accessed on June 24, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Wine location map of the Deidesheim holiday region. In: Website of the Verbandsgemeinde Deitesheim. Retrieved April 27, 2011 .
  3. ↑ a b c Museum for Wine Culture , Deidesheim, 1982
  4. ↑ 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 ° 24 '49.4 "  N , 8 ° 10' 33.6"  E