Escherndorfer Berg (vineyards)

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The Escherndorfer Berg

Escherndorfer Berg is a vineyard in the Franconian region . It is in the outskirts of the Volkach district of Escherndorf .

Geographical location and geology

The Escherndorfer Berg location is on the edge of the Volkacher Mainschleife and shares the Escherndorfer Berg or Vogelsberg with the better-known Escherndorfer Lump . The Escherndorfer Fürstenberg connects to the southwest . The vineyard is divided by the KT 31 county road and the 2260 state road limits it to the north. On the edge of the location is the Mainhang an der Vogelsburg nature reserve . To the west begins the district of Untereisenheim in the district of Würzburg , which also has a share in the vineyard.

The vineyard today covers an area of ​​around 33 hectares and is part of the Volkacher Kirchberg site in the Volkacher Mainschleife area . The vineyards are oriented to the south or east with a slope of 10 to 30%, which distinguishes the "mountain" from the other Escherndorf locations. Mainly wines of the Müller-Thurgau and Bacchus varieties are grown there. They grow on soils made of loess loam, shell limestone and Lettenkeuper .

history

The grapevine was first identified on the Main Loop in 906. In a document, King Ludwig confirmed the child that his father had donated to the Fulda monastery . In addition to several places, vineyards around the Vogelsburg had come to the Bonifatius Abbey. It is likely, however, that the wine was brought to the region by the Franconian settlers as early as the 7th century .

When a Carmelite monastery was founded on the Vogelsberg in 1282, the Escherndorfer Berg became a contiguous wine-growing area. At that time the population in Escherndorf already consisted almost exclusively of winegrowers . The monastery Ebrach that prevailed after 1500 over part of the village, also owned several vineyards on the mountain. In the 19th century, the area under vines on Escherndorfer Berg decreased sharply due to the appearance of phylloxera .

Today's vineyards were created through the Wine Law of 1971, when the vineyards , mostly named after individual corridors, were combined into larger units. After the Second World War , the Franconian viticulture experienced an upswing thanks to improved fertilization methods. The Escherndorfer Berg got its name after the mountain above the village of Escherndorf. Today the vineyard does not appear everywhere in literature.

Wineries (selection)

Several renowned wineries now own vines on the Escherndorfer Berg. In addition to some locally recognized companies, there are also a number of nationally known wine growers and excellent goods:

literature

  • Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide . Market wide 1993.
  • Franz Pfrang: The history of viticulture on the Main loop . In: Ute Feuerbach (Ed.): Our Main Loop. 1978-1992 . Volkach 2008. pp. 23-28.

Web links

Commons : Escherndorfer Berg (Weinlage)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nordheim-Main: Weinlage Weinschleife , PDF file, accessed on July 30, 2018.
  2. ↑ Escherndorf: Escherndorfer Berg , accessed on July 30, 2018.
  3. ↑ Cf.: Pfrang, Franz: The history of viticulture on the Main loop .
  4. ^ Bauer, Hans: District of Kitzingen . P. 190.

Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ′ 0.7 "  N , 10 ° 9 ′ 45.7"  E