Nahe Wine Road

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The Naheweinstraße is next to the German Avenues street , the German Diamond Road and the Hunsrück Slate and Castle Road , a tourist from four streets that the Rhineland-Palatinate region Naheland open. It is also one of eight wine-related themed routes in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . The name of the wine-growing region and wine route is derived from the Nahe , a 130-kilometer-long left tributary of the Rhine.

Route

The wine tourism themed route connects 35 wine towns on a 130-kilometer route through the fourth largest wine-growing region in Rhineland-Palatinate. The circuit was opened for the first time in September 1971. After the successful installation of the national route signage in accordance with the guidelines for tourist information signage (RtH), it was reopened on September 19, 2009.

The route is divided into a north route and a south route . The north route begins in Bingen-Bingerbrück and runs through Münster-Sarmsheim, Rümmelsheim / Burg Layen, Waldlaubersheim, Genheim , Schweppenhausen, Windesheim, Guldental, Gutenberg, Wallhausen, Sommerloch, Braunweiler, St. Katharinen, Mandel, Sponheim, Burgsponheim, Bockenau, Daubach , Auen and Monzingen. It ends in Martinstein in the Nahe valley, the westernmost place in the white wine growing region. The northern route thus leads along the southern foothills of the Hunsrück and touches the Soonwald-Nahe nature park . The southern route runs from Martinstein via Merxheim, Meddersheim, Bad Sobernheim, Staudernheim, Odernheim am Glan, Duchroth, Oberhausen, Niederhausen, Norheim, Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg, Bad Kreuznach, Bretzenheim, Langenlonsheim, Laubenheim to Bingen am Rhein.

On the section near Bad-Münster am Stein-Ebernburg are the largest contiguous graduation towers in Europe, which also form the largest open-air inhalatorium in Europe. Right on the route is the Rotenfels (327 m above sea level), located on the rocky slope near Traisen, the highest rock face between the Alps and Scandinavia.

Landscape and geology

The landscape and geology in the Nahe cultivation area are diverse, shaped by different geological ages. This is where the Rhenish Slate Mountains , the Nahe Hills, the North Palatinate Mountains and the foothills of the Mainz Basin meet. All are traversed by the Nahe and their northern and southern tributaries. Each part of the landscape has its own geological inventory. The oldest rocks in the region can be found in the Soonwald , the southernmost part of the Rhenish Slate Mountains.

The variety of rocks characterizes the vineyard soils of the growing area today. A distinction is made between over 350 types of soil. All of them have a special influence on the growing conditions of the vines and their roots. Via the roots, which supply the vine with nutrients and water, the soil has an effect on the quality and the basic taste of the wine.

Vineyards

Along the Nahe Wine Road and in the entire Nahe wine-growing region, vineyard houses that shape the landscape can be found in many places as evidence of the wine and building culture of past centuries. The tiny buildings in the vineyards were indispensable for the arduous work of earlier generations of winemakers. The vineyard houses were used to store materials, as shelters for vineyard keepers, the winegrowers and their workers to take their meals and as accommodation during thunderstorms. In accordance with the functional task, the huts remained simple in their furnishings.

Within the Nahe wine-growing region, the typical buildings show major differences. Most of them can be determined from the 18th and 19th centuries. They are popular postcard motifs along the Nahe Wine Road. They serve the winegrowers as spaces for wine experiences and are popular resting places for cyclists and hikers. Impressive examples of these rural buildings can be found in the communities of Altenbamberg , Jeckenbach , Mandel, Martinstein, Niederhausen , Odernheim, Rehborn and Stromberg.

  • Schmalberghaus in the Königinnenweinberg on the Norheimer Kafels was inaugurated on June 30, 2002 after repairs.
  • The vineyard house north of the center of Jeckenbach has a historicizing saddle roof building from the 1920s.
  • Vineyard house in the Eilbacher Hang district in Altenbamberg is clinker-brick construction from the Gründerzeit, around 1890.
  • Vineyard house near Mandel from the Wilhelminian style brick building, Belvedere, probably late 19th century.
  • Weinbergshaus near Martinstein, probably around 1910/20.
  • Vineyard house near Niederhausen octagonal plastered building, 19th century
  • Vineyard house near Niederhausen semicircular gothic tower, quarry stone, end of the 19th century.
  • Vineyard house near Odernheim half-timbered, probably 18th / early 19th century directly on Disibodenberg.
  • Rehborn vineyard house on the left of the Glan, west of the town of Putzbau, mid-19th century.
  • Stromberg vineyard house southeast of the village, brick building from the late 19th century.

Remix

The Remischen is a typical, traditional wine-growing region of the glass. The name is derived from French (la remise = wine storage shed) and Latin . Remischen glasses can be recognized by their simple shape. Wine growers, traditional wine taverns and ostrich taverns have been using Remischen as a distinctive wine glass for generations. In the Remischen glass, which has a volume of 0.2 liters, bottles of wine are served. The local population often calls the open everyday wines Remischen.

In 12 communities in the growing area, so-called Remischen stones are reminiscent of Remischen glass. The distinctively shaped stones are intended to preserve this particular wine culture. Remischensteine ​​are located along the direct course of the Nahe Wine Road in Duchroth , Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg , Genheim , Norheim , Wallhausen , Niederhausen , Schweppenhausen as well as in Altenbamberg and Hochstätten . Other locations in the growing area are in Weiler bei Bingen , Roxheim and Bosenheim .

Vineyards

The Nahe wine region today consists of the Nahe valley area with a total size of approx. 4,000 hectares. This includes the six major locations Schlosskapelle, Pfarrgarten, Rosengarten, Kronenberg, Burgweg, Paradiesgarten, which, however, only play a subordinate role in quality viticulture. 310 individual sites are still cultivated in the Nahe region (05/2009).

The majority of the vineyards in the Naheland have a slope of up to 30 °. The steep slopes that characterize the landscape, with a slope of up to 50 °, are found particularly in the valleys of Nahe , Glan , Alsenz , Graefenbach , Guldenbach and Trollbach . Steep slopes with a slope of more than 50 ° only play a subordinate role in viticulture on the Nahe. There are steep slopes in the municipalities of Odernheim , Schloßböckelheim , Norheim, Traisen and Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg. A total of eight terraced vineyards are still cultivated in the Nahe wine region. The differences between the natural and cultural landscapes are visible from the Nahe Wine Road.

climate

The Nahe wine-growing region, like the 13 wine-growing areas, is one of the most climatically favorable regions in Germany. In the north, the mountain ranges of Idar, Soon and Bingerwald, as mountain ranges of the Hunsrück, keep out wind and precipitation. Because of this favorable location, the wine-growing area is one of the regions with the lowest rainfall in Germany. In the Naheland there is a balanced climate with warm summers and mild winters. This results from the optimal interaction of favorable location factors such as precipitation, exposure, solar radiation, secondary, ventilation, etc. The vines are mainly cultivated on the protected, sun-drenched, south-facing vineyards. Spring arrives in the wine-growing region three to four weeks earlier than in the high altitudes of the adjacent Hunsrück . The special climatic position of the Nahe valley is already clear when the snowdrop blooms in February.

Near embers

Grapevines and roses were more important in the daily work of earlier generations of winemakers. Both are traditional crops that have almost homogeneous vegetation periods and require vegetation conditions. The difference lies in the higher susceptibility of the rose to disease compared to the vine. Therefore, winegrowers planted the more sensitive roses at the beginning of each planted row of vines as indicator plants . Due to modern pest and disease control methods, this method has been forgotten today. This type of planting can be seen particularly pronounced on the Nahe wine road on the L235 between Duchroth and Oberhausen / Nahe.

The Rose of the Naheland also operates under the name That's Jazz . The rose of the Nahe land was christened “Naheglut”. The name of the rose of the Nahe region can be derived from the deep red to almost black color of the flowers. The flowers of the rapidly growing climbing rose up to three meters high can be admired along the Nahe Wine Route and in the wine-growing communities from June to mid-October. The wine-growing community of Duchroth is a good example of Naheglut / That's Jazz .

Rhine-Nahe Wine Trail

The 98-kilometer Rhine-Nahe wine hiking trail opens up the Nahe wine -growing region in addition to the Nahe wine route.

Main attractions along the Nahe Wine Route

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Remischenstein , on gastland-nahe.de