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Chapel Hill

Along with Altenberg, Herrenberg, Kirchberg, Klosterberg, Rosenberg and Sonnenberg, the designation is one of the most common single vineyard designations in Germany. A single vineyard named Kapellenberg occurs a total of 37 times in 8 of the 13 German wine-growing regions.

Durbach - Baden (Ortenau)

The vineyard, which faces west to southwest and has a slope of 30 to 45%, covers almost seven hectares of vineyards on granite weathered soil. Pinot Noir, Riesling and Müller-Thurgau are cultivated here. The Schwab Josef winery is the sole owner of the site.

Frickenhausen - Franconia (Maindreieck)

The heart of the vineyard is located directly below the Valentinus Chapel, which gives the vineyard its name. The chapel was built and consecrated in 1699 in the middle of the vineyards as the result of a miraculous event. The mayor of Frickenhausen, Valentin Zang, who was confined to his bed by paralysis, swore an oath to have a small chapel built in the event of his recovery. According to legend, after two years he was "miraculously" freed from his physical suffering. The south-facing vineyards at an altitude of 180 to 260 metres above sea level with a slope of 15 to 65% cover 61 hectares of vines. The soils consist of weathered shell limestone, lime marl and clayey loam. Here, mainly Silvaner is cultivated. The Bickel-Stumpf, Bürgerspital, Kreglinger, Stahl Albrecht and Steinmann Artur wineries, for example, have shares in the site.

Gimmeldingen - Palatinate (Mittelhaardt-German Wine Route)

The vineyards, which face east-northeast to south-southeast at an altitude of 145 to 195 metres above sea level with a slope of 15 to 25%, cover 34 hectares of vineyards. To the west they are protected from the wind by the Haardt Mountains. The soils consist of red sandstone rubble with clayey sands. Riesling and Pinot Noir are the main varieties cultivated here. The Christmann Arnold and Ohler Johann wineries, for example, have shares in the site.

Lorch - Rheingau

The south-facing, wind-protected vineyards at 95 to 120 metres above sea level with a 45% slope cover 25.5 hectares of vineyards. It was first mentioned in 1480 as "hinter der Capelle". The name comes from the now defunct St. Mark's Chapel mentioned earlier in 1364. The sunny vineyards are located in the middle of the "Upper Middle Rhine Valley" World Heritage Site. The deep, skeleton-rich soils contain loess-rich slate weathering in the subsoil. The Riesling and Pinot Noir varieties are cultivated here. The Altenkirch, Chat Sauvage, Graf von Kanitz, König Klaus & Ursula, Laquai Paul and Wilhelm Mohr Erben wineries, for example, have shares in the site.

Münster-Sarmsheim - Nahe

The southeast to south-facing vineyards with slopes ranging from 10 to 35% cover 30 hectares of vines on quartz weathered soils. Riesling is the main variety cultivated here. The Adelseck, Göttelmann and Kruger-Rumpf wineries, for example, have shares in the site.

Munzingen - Baden (Tuniberg)

The vineyards, which are oriented from west to east with a slope of 0 to 50%, cover 160 hectares of vineyards on calcareous loess soils with limestone in places. The south-facing steep terraces below the Ehrentrudiskapelle are privileged. The varieties cultivated here are mainly Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc. The Michel vineyard, for example, has a share in the vineyard.

Other communities

There are other single vineyard sites called Kapellenberg in the municipalities of Alf (Moselle), Alsterweiler (Palatinate), Alzey (Rhine-Hesse), Barnlach (Ahr), Bingen (Rhine-Hesse), Briedern, Bruttig-Fankel (Moselle), Ehlingen (Ahr), Eibelstadt (Franconia), Eichelberg, Erzingen (Baden), Fürfeld (Rhine-Hesse), Gaibach (Franconia), Heimersheim (Ahr), Helfant-Esingen (Moselle), Kempten (Rheinhessen), Laumersheim (Pfalz), Maikammer (Pfalz), Neustadt an der Weinstraße (Pfalz), Ober-Olm (Rheinhessen), Odernheim am Glan (Nahe), Rechberg (Baden), Rehlingen (Mosel), Rheinweiler (Baden), Rottenburg (Württemberg), Schmachtenberg (Franconia), Treis-Karden (Mosel), Weinheim (Rheinhessen), Wendelsheim and Wurmlingen (Württemberg). In Franconia there is also a Großlage Kapellenberg.

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