Dirmsteiner Jesuitenhofgarten
The Jesuitenhofgarten is the smallest vineyard area in Dirmstein , an old Palatinate wine-growing community in the northeast of the Leiningerland ( Rhineland-Palatinate ). With 5.5 hectares, it is one of the smaller individual layers in both the Palatinate and Germany. Mainly Riesling and Burgundy wines , which are often awarded prizes, are grown.
geography
location
The Jesuitenhofgarten extends at a height of 102 to 109 m above sea level. NHN within the residential area north of the historic upper village. From the south it borders directly on Landesstraße 453, which is called Obersülzer Straße and is part of the main traffic axis through Dirmstein from Grünstadt in the west to Frankenthal in the east. Its south side is undeveloped along the vineyards to about 250 m. The old, 2 m high walling of the site made of broken stones and field stones was laid down in many places in favor of the use of modern agricultural machines and is only preserved intact to the west, towards the Obertor street . As a special feature, there is a vineyard in the second largest local location, Almond Path, in the middle of the Jesuitenhof garden.
Climate and soil
The sunny and rain-free climate of the Leiningerland also favors the production of high-quality plants in Dirmstein . The Jesuitenhofgarten is located on a southern slope, which is well protected against cold air by the residential buildings in the north. The soil is dry and mostly sandy , so it is warmed up quickly. The terrain rises slightly from south to north from the floodplain of the Eckbach . It therefore has a favorable angle to the course of the sun, which increases the intensity of the radiation and extends the time during which the grapes are exposed to the sun during the day and can form sugar . The incline of the slope also means that on frosty spring nights, cold air masses flow off in small areas to the south towards the upper village and the vines usually do not freeze .
Attractions
In the northwest corner of the vineyard, where the Obertor street branches off from Obersülzer Straße at the highest point, there is a very well restored and listed garden pavilion , which dates from the 19th century and which the painter and sculptor Walter Perron from Frankenthal around 1950 with sgraffiti has provided. The buildings of the Jesuitenhof and the Quadtschen Castle , which close the vineyard area to the south, towards the residential development, are also subject to monument protection.
history
Wine has been grown in the Vorderpfalz since Roman times . In Dirmstein, viticulture was first mentioned in a document in 1141.
The name "Jesuitenhofgarten" goes back to a monastery that was laid out in 1500 on what was then the northern edge of the upper village and after a few decades became the property of the Jesuit order founded in 1534 . The monastery and its vineyards were surrounded by a wall that was completely intact until the 20th century.
In 1795 the monastery was profaned and later sold when large areas west of the Rhine were annexed by France after the French Revolution . Since then, the property, which is also a listed building, has been operated as a winery . It bears the name Jesuitenhof , and the vineyards of the Jesuitenhofgarten belong to it.
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 Jesuitenhofgarten at weinlagen-info.de
- Map of the three vineyards of Dirmstein at weinlagen-info.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Chamber of Agriculture Rhineland-Palatinate: Cultivation areas - areas - large locations - individual locations in Rhineland-Palatinate. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 22, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ a b c General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (Ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Bad Dürkheim district. Mainz 2020, p. 29 (PDF; 5.1 MB).
- ↑ Rudolf Kraft : Das Reichsgut in Wormsgau (= sources and research on Hessian history . Volume 16 ). Hessischer Staatsverlag, Darmstadt 1934, p. 259 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 33 '58 " N , 8 ° 14' 48" E