Forster church piece

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View over the church in south-east direction
View over the church to the east

Forster Kirchenstück is the name of a 3.67 hectare vineyard in the community of Forst an der Weinstrasse ( Rhineland-Palatinate ).

Location, climate and soil

The vineyard is part of the major site Forster Mariengarten and belongs to the area Mittelhaardt- German Wine Route of the wine-growing region Palatinate .

The church piece borders immediately to the west of the residential development of Forst and is located directly behind the Forster parish church, which is what gave the church piece its name. The location is at an altitude of 120 to 150  m above sea level. NHN and has a relatively low slope; However, the proximity to the locality ensures a special local climatic position, because the sandstone buildings on the outskirts and the knee-high sandstone walls surrounding the church store the heat of the sun throughout the day and release it again at night, so that at night a light, dry and warm wind stream removes the moisture and cold from the Area of ​​able blowing.

The soils of the location consist of sandy loam, sandy clay, partly from weathered red sandstone, limestone and basalt that comes from the Pechsteinkopf above the community.

Classification and ownership

In a site classification by a commission of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1828, the church piece, which at that time was still called Kirchenbuckel , was the only one of all sites in the Palatinate to be given the highest possible number of points and classified in the highest credit rating. The Palatinate section of the VDP classifies the Forster church piece as a “VDP Great Location” and the dry Rieslings from this location as a “Great Growth”.

The possession of the Forster church piece is shared by some well-known Mittelhaardt wineries; The Eugen Müller winery includes 1.00 ha, the Reichsrat von Buhl winery 0.88 ha and the Dr. Bürklin-Wolf 0.54 ha. Other owners are the winery Acham-Magin , Weingut Dr. Privy Council von Bassermann-Jordan , the Weingut Heinrich Spindler , the winery Werlé heir , and the estate of Winning .

legend

According to a story from the Thirty Years' War , the Spanish Colonel Frangipani was stationed in nearby Frankenthal and had also met Forst on several visits to the Mittelhaardt. Although he came from Spain, he is said to have confessed to everyone that nowhere in the world do the wines have as much fire and bouquet as those that came from the basalt soils of Forst. When the colonel and his regiment were withdrawn from the Palatinate, he is said to have had his soldiers march in front of the church with a parade march and a musical game; he himself is said to have brought his white horse to his knees and bowed deeply in front of the slope of the church piece in order to pay a special honor to this location.

See also

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  1. ↑ http://www.grossesgewaechs.de/Pfalz/Kirchenst%FCck.htm
  2. ^ The large Palatinate Book, Palatinate Publishing House Neustadt / Weinstrasse

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