Saxon Wine Route
The Saxon Wine Route runs through the only wine-growing region in Saxony and is around 60 km long. It was inaugurated on May 29, 1992 and is now one of the most important holiday routes in Saxony. It leads to the right of the Elbe from Pirna to Diesbar-Seusslitz through vineyards in Dresden-Pillnitz , Radebeul , Coswig , Meißen and the Elbe wine villages . Thanks to the very good transport connections, all the sights of Dresden and its surroundings can be easily reached.
The Saxon Wine Route runs through the second smallest and most northeastern of the 13 wine-growing regions in Germany with approx. 480 hectares. Are grown preferably Riesling , Müller-Thurgau , Pinot , Pinot (Ruländer), Traminer and Kerner . The Goldriesling variety and the "Schieler" , a blend of red and white grapes (see Rotling ), are local specialties. Mostly it is developed dry .
Attractions
The notable stops on the Saxon Wine Route (unless otherwise noted, on the Elbe) are (from west to east):
- Diesbar-Seusslitz with vineyards, a baroque castle and the village church built by George Bähr
- Diera-Zehren
- Zadel
- Proschwitz Castle (1707) on the heights east of the Elbe
- Meißen with its main attractions Meißner Dom , Albrechtsburg and porcelain factory , cloth -making guild house from 1523 directly on the main market (today a famous wine bar)
- the vineyards below the Spaargebirge ( Kapitelberg educational trail , several viewpoints)
- Weinböhla (northeast of the Elbe inland), once closed wine-growing region, affected by phylloxera at the end of the 19th century
- Coswig
- Radebeul vineyards: center of the Saxon Wine Route with baroque pavilions and pleasure palaces; The individual layers of the large Lößnitz site are Radebeuler Johannisberg , Radebeuler Steinrücke and Radebeuler Goldener Wagen . A popular excursion destination is Wackerbarth Castle with a sparkling wine cellar, tasting room, park and restaurant. A wine museum with tasting room has been set up in the Hoflößnitz Lusthaus (built in the 17th century in Renaissance style by the Elector Johann Georg I ). 390 stone steps lead to the Spitzhaus (Weinschlösschen by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann , 1750).
- the city of Dresden
- the Maria am Wasser church in Hosterwitz , the only remaining so-called wine pillar and monuments to the history of transport ( Blue Wonder , Dresden mountain railways ) in Loschwitz
- the Pillnitz Castle , the Vineyard Church "to the Holy Spirit" and the former Royal wine press in Pillnitz
- the baroque garden Großsedlitz (left Elbe near Heidenau )
- the historic center of Pirna painted by Canaletto
traffic
The Saxon Wine Route is preferably driven by car; The liners of the Saxon Steamship Service also stop at the main stations twice a day. The Saxon Wine Trail runs parallel to the Saxon Wine Route .
The Elbe Cycle Path, which runs along the Elbe, approaches the Wine Route several times or crosses it.
Web links
- Map of the Saxon Wine Route wine-growing region ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- Friends of the Saxon Wine Route
- Saxon Wine Trail
Individual evidence
- ↑ Profile and data of the Saxon wine-growing region , German Wine Institute, accessed on February 23, 2018