Altenberg

Altenberg is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Pfalz in Germany, covering 211.1 ha in Weisenheim am Sand. It makes up 18.4% of the Großlage Rosenbühl. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 5.4 km south-east of Herxheim am Berg and 8 km west of Frankenthal.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Einzellage

Within

Pfalz

Area

211.1 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

1.46 × 2.27 km

Centre

49.4983° N, 8.2519° E

Region

Pfalz

Bereich

Ber. Mittelhaardt/Dt. Weinstraße

Großlage

Rosenbühl

Where it is

Nearest town

5.4 km south-east of Herxheim am Berg

Nearest city

8 km west of Frankenthal 47,438 people

To the sea

379 km

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

98–122 m

Mean elevation

106 m

Mean slope

1.7° (3 %)

Steepest tenth

above 4°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 219,672 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Mosel and German Riesling

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

• Mixed sedimentary rocks95%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Gemarkungen · 1

• Weisenheim am Sand

Neighbours

• Goldberg
• Goldberg
• Halde
• Kieselberg

Sources

Landwirtschaftskammer Rheinland-Pfalz, Weinbergslagen (dl-de/by-2-0)