At the beginning of the 14th century, the Cistercian order brought viticulture to the Mark Brandenburg. This encompassed the largest part of the present-day federal state of Brandenburg in northeastern Germany. From the beginning of the 15th century, the Hohenzollerns took over and promoted viticulture. In this context, many electoral vineyards were created and from then on, Mark wines were never lacking at the electoral table. By the end of the 17th century there were still over 100 hectares of vineyards in the Mark. At the beginning of the 18th century it became the core province of the Kingdom of...
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