House of German Wine

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The HDW flanks Gutenbergplatz .

The House of German Wine (HDW) is located in the old town of the Rhineland-Palatinate state capital Mainz .

Wine industry organizations

The HDW housed the German Wine Fund (DWF) and the German Wine Institute (DWI) until 2016 . Both represent the interests of the German wine industry . Their aim is to promote the quality and sales of German wines. The self-imposed goal should be achieved through joint marketing measures at home and abroad.

The DWI conducts seminars for further training of the winegrowers and the employees of wineries. The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL, Bonn) acts as the responsible authority .

The German Wine Academy is also located in the HDW . The DWA is supposed to act as an intermediary between science, business and consumers. The Mainz Wine Study was initiated by the Academy on the subject of wine and health. It investigated the question: "How does the moderate but regular consumption of German red and white wine affect the number 1 disease, coronary heart disease?"

The building

The House of German Wine was built in 1957/58 in the center of the wine town of Mainz , in the immediate vicinity of the State Theater and the Gutenberg Monument . It is faced with gray natural stone and houses a few shops on the ground floor next to a restaurant. On the facade there are selected coats of arms from the German wine-growing regions. The opening took place on December 4, 1958. The construction costs of 1.25 million DM were shared by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, the reconstruction fund of the Rhineland-Palatinate wine-growing regions, the Weinbauverband Rheinhessen, the Weinbauverband für die Rheinpfalz, the Bauern- und Winzerverband Rheinland - Nassau, the Deutsche Weinwerbung, the city of Mainz and the Association of Rheinhessischer Weinkaufen.

Restaurant in the HDW

The restaurant in the HDW offers space for a wide variety of events. The terrace belonging to the restaurant leads to the Mainz State Theater and merges into the terrace of the theater restaurants .

literature

  • The House of German Wine in Mainz. Rückert In: German Wine Newspaper. 92, Mainz 1956, pp. 348-349.
  • Adam Michael Reitzel: Mainz, city of German wine. Krach, Mainz 1964, DNB 453984304 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DWI leaves Mainz - German Wine Institute goes to Bodenheim , January 22nd, 2015 on swr.de. The new address is: Deutsches Weininstitut, Platz des Weines 2 (formerly Am Kümmerling 35), 55294 Bodenheim
  2. ^ Staats-Zeitung, December 7, 1958

Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 56.5 ″  N , 8 ° 16 ′ 14.8 ″  E