Dirmsteiner Herrgottsacker
The Herrgottsacker is a vineyard of Dirmstein , an ancient Palatine winemaker community in northeastern Leiningerland ( Rheinland-Pfalz ). After the reorganization of the vineyards in the village in the second half of the 20th century, it represents the largest single vineyard with 155.2 hectares. Both white and red grape varieties, predominantly Riesling , gray and white Burgundy (white) and Dornfelder and are grown Pinot Noir (red).
geography
location
The Herrgottsacker extends to heights between 143 and 100 m above sea level. NHN north, east and south of the historic Niederdorf. Its north-western border is the state road 455 (Offstein – Dirmstein), beyond which the second largest single layer, Dirmsteiner Almond Path begins. Then it borders (clockwise) in the north on the districts of Offstein and Worms-Heppenheim , in the east on that of Heuchelheim and in the south on that of Gerolsheim . Its south-western border leads in a wide eastward arc around the residential development of Dirmstein and also includes it from the south.
The Eckbach flows through the southwestern area of the Herrgottsackers from west to east with its parallel drains , which are used for agricultural irrigation . Within the vineyard, the Floßbach also describes an east arch around the residential development from the north-west and then flows into the Eckbach from the left .
Climate and soil
The sunny and rain-free climate of the Leiningerland also favors the production of high-quality plants in Dirmstein . The large northern part of the Herrgottsacker lies on the gently sloping southern slope of the Schneckenberg , a 143 m high hill, which is protected from the north wind . The soil is dry and consists partly of sand , partly of loess , and in the lower areas around Eckbach and Floßbach also deposits of limestone marl . All components ensure rapid heating in the sunshine. With the exception of the small flat area in the Eckbachaue in the extreme south, the terrain has a favorable angle to the course of the sun, which increases the intensity of the radiation, and also extends the time during which the grapes are exposed to the sun during the day and can form sugar . The slope also means that on frosty spring nights, cold air masses flow away to the residential buildings and the two streams, so that the vines usually do not freeze . The small, flat southern part of the site, like the extreme eastern part, is not used exclusively for viticulture ; there are there also cash crops or feed grown, and some areas are even completely broke .
Attractions
In the west of the Herrgottsacker lies the eponymous cemetery with its classical chapel, 200 m north of it there is an approximately 500 year old field cross . In the north-west of the Herrgottsacker, the Alte Sandkaut stretches with a diameter of around 200 m, which is used by a commercial enterprise for sand mining and building material recycling, but is also a biotope for heat-loving organisms. The three rain retention basins created in 2009 as part of the renaturation of the lower Floßbach brook have also developed into biotopes within a short period of time and are home to water birds and rare insects.
Cemetery chapel
Middle retention basin of the raft stream
Floßbach above the lower retention basin
Banded demoiselle on the raft stream
history
Wine has been grown in the Vorderpfalz since Roman times . In Dirmstein, viticulture was first mentioned in a document in 1141.
There used to be numerous vineyards in Dirmstein, most of which were not very extensive. Soon after the Second World War, they were combined into three individual layers, from west to east Almond Path (152.5 hectares), Jesuitenhofgarten (5.5 hectares) and Herrgottsacker (155.2 hectares). All of them belong to the black earth area .
Web links
- Location and outline of the Dirmsteiner Herrgottsacker at weinlagen-info.de
- Map of the three vineyards of Dirmstein at weinlagen-info.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b vineyards online. Chamber of Agriculture Rhineland-Palatinate, accessed on May 29, 2015 (search: single location Herrgottsacker (Dirmstein)).
- ↑ Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
- ↑ The names Oberdorf and Niederdorf for the two settlement centers of the municipality are derived from the location above and below at the Eckbach , which flows through Dirmstein from west to east.
- ↑ Several telephone messages from a resident to user C47 .
- ↑ Rudolf Kraft : Das Reichsgut in Wormsgau (= sources and research on Hessian history . Volume 16 ). Hessischer Staatsverlag, Darmstadt 1934, p. 259 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 34 ′ 5 ″ N , 8 ° 14 ′ 2 ″ E