State teaching and research institute for viticulture and fruit growing in Weinsberg

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State teaching and research institute for viticulture and fruit growing Weinsberg
- LVWO -

State level State of Baden-Wuerttemberg
founding 1868
Headquarters Weinberg
Web presence lvwo-weinsberg.de
LVWO premises in Weinsberg. On the right the old building, in the middle of the picture the wine press from 2002
The Hildtsche Villa on the premises of the LVWO. Since 1993 it has mainly served as a residential building for students from the viticulture school

The State Training and Research Institute for Viticulture and Fruit Growing Weinsberg (LVWO) is a training and research facility for viticulture and fruit growing in Weinsberg , Heilbronn district , Baden-Württemberg .

The institute, founded as the Royal Viticulture School in 1868, is the oldest German viticulture and fruit growing school and is well known as a viticulture school in Weinsberg and the surrounding area. The spiritual father and main initiator of this viticulture school was Immanuel Dornfeld . It received its current name on November 4, 1952. Schoolchildren from all over Germany and abroad are among other things here. trained as viticulture technicians, in addition, the DHBW Heilbronn has been offering a bachelor's degree in Wine - Technology - Management in cooperation with the LVWO since October 2019 . The Fondazione Edmund Mach (formerly Agricultural Institute ) in San Michele all'Adige in Trentino, Italy, is a partner institute of the LVWO.

Another task of the LVWO is research in viticulture and fruit growing, started in 1901 with the establishment of the research institute for viticulture and fruit growing under its director Richard Meißner , which was attached to the educational institute in 1924. For this purpose, the institute manages various fruit estates and vineyards in Weinsberg as well as in Abstatt ( Wildeck Castle ), Bad Friedrichshall ( Heuchlingen domain ) and Gundelsheim .

The vine breeding began in 1907 at the Württembergische Institute for Grapevine Breeding and Rebenpfropfung in Offenau (from 1926 with office in Lauffen ). The grapevine breeding institute was affiliated to the LVWO in 1947. Some important grape varieties were bred at the Viticulture School, including Heroldrebe (1929), Kerner (1929), Helfensteiner (1931), Juwel (1951), Dornfelder (1955), Cabernet Cubin (1970), Cabernet Mitos (1970), Acolon (1971) ), Cabernet Dorio (1971) and Cabernet Dorsa (1971). The grape variety Samtrot , a black Riesling variant, discovered in a Heilbronn vineyard in 1928 , was adopted by the viticulture school for propagation in 1929.

The LVWO also responsible for managing the register and the quality wine testing in the wine-growing region Württemberg . In order to bring the necessary analytics up to date, the state of Baden-Württemberg is investing over six million euros in 2019 for a new building on the LVWO site and its equipment.

On January 1, 2005, the LVWO was converted into a state company. The eight-month training course and final exam to become a wine guide has been taking place here since 2008.

On the premises of the LVWO there is a memorial plaque for 23 former viticulture students who died in the First World War. The panel was designed by the Weinsberg sculptor Albert Volk .

State winery

The wines and sparkling wines produced by the viticulture school have been marketed under the name Staatsweingut Weinsberg since 1995 . The Staatsweingut or LVWO has been a member of the Association of German Predicate and Quality Wineries since 1971 . The approximately 40 hectares of vineyards are planted to 20% with Riesling , 14% each with Lemberger and Burgundy varieties , 9% with Trollinger and 43% with the other grape varieties . The first vineyards of the state winery are Wildeck Castle in Abstatt , Himmelreich in Gundelsheim and Schemelsberg in Weinsberg. Around 250,000 bottles are filled annually.

Board members and directors

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Gleichauf: Weinberg School of Viticulture becomes academic . In: Heilbronner Voice of September 11, 2018. Retrieved on February 2, 2021.
  2. ↑ Wine - Technology - Management (B.Sc.) course at heilbronn.dhbw.de , accessed on November 3, 2019.
  3. ↑ Simon Gajer: Land is investing over six million euros in teaching and research institutes . In: Heilbronner Voice , March 14, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2021
  4. ↑ Norbert Jung: 1914 - Albert Volk - War Memorials - 2014 , Heilbronn 2014, ISBN 978-3-934096-39-4 , p. 29.
  5. ↑ Südwest Presse Ulm, February 11, 2017 (local edition Der Teckbote ), p. 13.

literature

  • Festschrift 1868–1968 . State Teaching and research institute for viticulture and fruit growing, Weinsberg 1968.
  • Festschrift 1868–1993: 125 years of the state teaching and research institute for viticulture and fruit growing in Weinsberg . State Teaching and research institute for viticulture and fruit growing, Weinsberg 1993.

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Coordinates: 49 ° 9 ′ 4 ″  N , 9 ° 17 ′ 21 ″  E