Frequently occurring designation for vineyards in Germany. The name refers to an existing or former ecclesiastical property or a bishopric.
Großheubach - Franconia (Main quadrangle)
The name refers to ecclesiastical, prince-bishop and electoral-Mainz influences as well as the Engelberg monastery towering over the village. The south-west to south-southeast facing vineyards with slopes of up to 60% cover 53 hectares of vines on red sandstone soils. They are partly terraced with dry stone walls. Here, mainly the varieties Riesling and Pinot Noir are cultivated. The wineries Fürst Rudolf, Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg, Steintal and Wengerter Rainer, for example, have shares in the site.
In contrast to the individual vineyards Berg Schlossberg, Berg Roseneck and Berg Rottland, which are located on the Rüdesheimer Berg, the Bischofsberg belongs to the Rüdesheimer Oberfeld, which is the remaining part around Rüdesheim. The first vineyards were planted in the last third of the 11th century, after Archbishop Siegfried of Mainz gave the stony and uncultivated land to the Rüdesheim subjects in 1074 and demanded considerably less than the usual tithe from the yield. During the land consolidation in 1970, further areas such as Gessel, Krachbein, Kuhweg, Ochsenwiesen and Sonnenberg were added. The south-facing vineyards with shallow slopes cover 34 hectares of vines, which are hardly at risk from late frost and are well trellised. As an extended, former primeval riverbed of the Rhine, deep loess deposits predominate. Riesling is grown here in particular, but also Ehrenfelser, Kerner and Müller-Thurgau. The following wineries have shares in the site: Bischöfliches Weingut Rüdesheim, Chat Sauvage, Dr. Corvers-Kauter, Dr. Nägler, Freimuth Alexander, George, Kesseler, Klosterweingut Abtei St. Hildegard, König Klaus & Ursula, Künstler Gunter, Leitz Johannes.
Further parishes
There are other single vineyard sites called Bischofsberg in the municipalities of Arnstein, Halsheim, Heugrumbach, Müdesheim and Reuchelheim (all in the Franconia growing region).
