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Herrenberg

Sub-zone

Herrenberg is a named sub-zone of Mittelrhein in Germany. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 19 km north-west of Bingen am Rhein and 36 km west of Wiesbaden.

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

Key facts

Type
Großlage
Within
Mittelrhein
Separate plots
17
Extent N–S × E–W
3.98 × 3.73 km
Centre
50.1068° N, 7.7377° E
Region
Mittelrhein
Bereich
Bereich Loreley

Where it is

Nearest town
19 km north-west of Bingen am Rhein
Nearest city
36 km west of Wiesbaden 288,850 people
To the sea
308 km
Rivers nearby
Rhine (0 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation
70–283 m
Mean elevation
154 m
Mean slope
30.6° (59 %)
Steepest tenth
above 43°
Faces
south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 20,061 elevation cells of about 6 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Mosel and German Riesling

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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

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

Inside Herrenberg · 8

Sources

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

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