Sauschwänzel

Sauschwänzel is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Pfalz in Germany, covering 83.8 ha in Billigheim. It makes up 2.4% of the Großlage Kloster Liebfrauenberg. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 5.6 km south-west of Landau in der Pfalz and 27 km north-west of Karlsruhe.

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

Key facts

Type

Einzellage

Within

Pfalz

Area

83.8 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

1.51 × 1.21 km

Centre

49.1497° N, 8.0950° E

Region

Pfalz

Bereich

Ber. Südl. Weinstraße

Großlage

Kloster Liebfrauenberg

Where it is

Nearest town

5.6 km south-west of Landau in der Pfalz

Nearest city

27 km north-west of Karlsruhe 283,799 people

To the sea

397 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

148–184 m

Mean elevation

169 m

Mean slope

2.8° (5 %)

Steepest tenth

above 5°

Faces

several directions, mostly north

Measured over the whole outline on 86,416 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 rocks97%

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

Gemarkungen · 1

• Billigheim

Neighbours

• Abtsberg
• Pfaffenberg
• Steingebiß
• Venusbuckel

Sources

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