Reichsrat von Buhl winery

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Reichsrat von Buhl winery
View from the south

View from the south

Data
place Deidesheim
Construction year Weinstrasse 16: around 1770
Weinstrasse 18: 1789
Outbuildings: 18th and 19th centuries
Coordinates 49 ° 24 '34.4 "  N , 8 ° 11' 11.6"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 24 '34.4 "  N , 8 ° 11' 11.6"  E

The Reichsrat von Buhl winery is located in the small town of Deidesheim in Rhineland-Palatinate in the German wine-growing region Pfalz . It mainly produces Riesling wines and cultivates 59  hectares of vineyards. The winery is a member of the Association of German Prädikats- und Qualitätweingüter e. V. (VDP).

history

The property of the Buhl family was entered in the land register in 1849 under the name Franz Peter Buhl (1809–1862), this is considered to be the foundation of the winery; However, the family had gained experience in viticulture earlier. The founder and first owner of the house, Franz Peter Buhl, a member of parliament in Baden and later also in the Bavarian state parliament, acquired numerous vineyards, fields and houses through the inheritance of the two brothers Peter Heinrich Jordan († 1830) and Andreas Jordan (1775-1848) that formed the basis for the new winery. Buhl received a share of the inheritance because his mother Barbara was a sister of Peter Heinrich Jordan and his wife Josefine was the daughter of Andreas Jordan. The inheritance that went to Buhl comprised about 62 acres of vineyards.

After the death of Franz Peter Buhl, the winery became the property of his three sons Franz Armand Buhl (1837-1896), Eugen Buhl (1841-1910) and Heinrich Buhl (1848-1907). As the eldest son, Franz Armand Buhl ran the winery; Like his father, he was a politician, a member of the Reichstag and a lifelong Reichsrat of the Crown of Bavaria. Under his leadership, the Buhl wines became internationally known because they were served at the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Through the inheritance of his wife Julie Schellhorn-Wallbillich from Forst , the winery increased its vineyard area by another 25 acres. At world's fairs the winery numerous high prices were awarded: at the 1867 World Fair in Paris its wines won the gold medal at the World Expo 1876 in Philadelphia the Great Medal, and the Grand Prix at the world exhibitions in Paris (1900) , St. Louis (1904 ) , Brussels (1910) and Paris (1937) . The motif on the wine label of the Buhl wine bottles was designed by Franz von Stuck in 1887 as a commissioned work; it is still used today in a slightly modified form.

After Franz Armand Buhl's death, the management of the winery was passed on to his brother Eugen. He was a member of the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies and - instead of his brother - was appointed Imperial Councilor of the Crown of Bavaria for life. Since 1910, the winery has been a founding member of the Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweiner e. V. (VDP).

After Eugen Buhl's death, Franz Eberhard Buhl (1867–1921), the son of his brother Franz Armand, ran the winery. Already after the death of his uncle Heinrich Buhl in 1907 he inherited his share in the winery, after the death of his uncle Wilhelm Schellhorn-Wallbillich (1848–1909) also his entire property, and after the death of his uncle Eugen Buhl he took over the entire Buhlsche winery. The winery now covered around 100 hectares of vineyards, making it one of the largest privately owned wineries in Germany. Franz Eberhard Buhl was also a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Bavaria and was appointed Imperial Councilor of the Crown of Bavaria for life in 1911. Buhl took over this title in the name of the winery.

Buhl's marriage to Frida Russell (1876–1952), a daughter of the banker Emil Russell (1835–1907), remained childless, and with his death in 1921 the male line of the Buhl family in Deidesheim became extinct. Buhl wanted to leave his winery to the family of his acquaintance from the Chamber of Imperial Councilors, Georg Enoch Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg , so that his property would "live on safely and in accordance with tradition". Buhl therefore adopted Georg Enoch Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg shortly before his death in 1920.

After his death in 1921, his widow Frida von Buhl, who then married the politician Carl Anton Piper (1874–1938), ran the winery until her death in 1952. After Enoch von and zu Guttenberg and his firstborn son Philipp Franz in 1940 and 1943 respectively After the Second World War , Frida Piper-von Buhl adopted Enoch's second-born son, Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg (1921–1972), in order to fulfill the will of her deceased husband. Karl Theodor Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg took over the winery in 1952, followed by his son, the conductor Enoch zu Guttenberg . Due to economic difficulties, the cultivated vineyard area was reduced to 52 hectares. From 1989 to 2013 the property was leased to Japanese investors and sold in 2005 to the Neustadt entrepreneur Achim Niederberger (1957-2013), to whose group of companies it has belonged ever since. After Achim Niederberger's death, his widow Jana Seeger became the owner of the winery.

Vineyards and grape varieties

Vineyards of the winery

The estate's vineyards are located in Mittelhaardt between Ruppertsberg and Forst ; including to find great locations like Forster Freundstück, Forster Kirchenstück , Forster Jesuitengarten, Forster Pechstein , Forster Ungeheuer , Deidesheimer Kieselberg and Ruppertsberger Reiterpfad , as well as the first documents Forster pin Deidesheimer Mäushöhle , Deidesheimer Herrgottsacker , Deidesheimer paradise garden , Forster Musenhang , Deidesheimer Leinhöhle .

In 2006 the winery managed two locations exclusively for the BASF wine cellar .

The grape varieties with which the winery planted its vineyards are 87% Riesling , 7% Pinot Noir , as well as Rieslaner and Scheurebe .

building

The estate on the German Wine Route is a listed late baroque winery.

Since the High Middle Ages, the hub of the Speyer Monastery has been located on the site of today's winery ; the large area that the property takes up is due to its former sovereign function. Since the Hubhof was secularized in 1805, there has been a winery here. Today the estate consists of two main buildings, a wide inner courtyard and other auxiliary buildings, all of which are grouped around the courtyard. The two main buildings are both former mansions , two-story, late Baroque plastered buildings on an L-shaped floor plan. The older of the two, at Weinstrasse 16, was built around 1770; its festive cornices are decorated with rococo decorations - masks and flowers. The coat of arms of the Walter family is placed under the roof gable of the slightly protruding middle section of the building; the builder of the building, an episcopal official, belonged to this family. The other building bordering on the Weinstrasse, with the address Weinstrasse 18, dates from 1789. Both buildings have hipped roofs that run across corners and are covered with beaver tail. Only a few buildings from this era in the Bad Dürkheim district are comparable in size and qualitative design to these two buildings.

  • Weinstrasse 16

  • Weinstrasse 18

literature

  • Joachim Kermann: Economic and Social Development 1816 to 1914 . In: Kurt Andermann , Berthold Schnabel (Ed.): Deidesheim - Contributions to the history and culture of a city in the wine country . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1995, ISBN 3-7995-0418-4 , p. 230-253 .

Web links

Commons : Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The vineyard location. Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl GmbH, accessed on November 19, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b Palatinate wineries and cellars . In: The Great Palatinate Book . Pfälzische Verlagsanstalt GmbH, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1959, p. 500 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e history. Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl GmbH, accessed on November 19, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Kermann, Economic and Social Development ... , p. 232
  5. ↑ Kermann, Economic and Social Development ... , p. 233
  6. ↑ a b c Kermann, Economic and Social Development ... , p. 245
  7. ↑ Kermann, Economic and Social Development ... , p. 246
  8. ↑ Franz von Stuck. Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl GmbH, accessed on November 19, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Kermann, Economic and Social Development ... , p. 251
  10. ^ A b c Profile of the Reichsrat von Buhl. VDP. The Prädikatsweingüter, accessed on November 18, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Kermann, Economic and Social Development ... , p. 252
  12. ↑ a b Martin L. Müller:  Russell, Emil. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 298 f. ( Digitized version ).
  13. ^ Elisabeth zu Guttenberg : Called by Name - Memories . Ullstein Verlag, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-548-23260-4 , pp. 56 .
  14. ↑ Horst Müller: Famous Wine Locations. Deidesheim. Falken-Verlag Erich Sicker KG, Niedernhausen / Taunus 1976, p. 36 . (without ISBN)
  15. ↑ Kermann, Economic and Social Development ... , p. 253
  16. ↑ Burgundy from BASF. Handelsblatt, accessed on November 19, 2016 .
  17. ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Bad Dürkheim district. Mainz 2020, p. 24 (PDF; 5.1 MB; see: Weinstrasse 16, 18 ).
  18. ↑ a b Georg Peter Karn, Rolf Mertzenich: Bad Dürkheim district. City of Bad Dürkheim, municipality of Haßloch, municipalities of Deidesheim, Lambrecht, Wachenheim (=  cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 13.1 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1995, ISBN 3-88462-119-X , p. 173-174 .
  19. ↑ Berthold Schnabel: Art historical guide through the Deidesheim association . Deidesheim 1976, p. 31 .