The growing region lies on the northern edge of the Free State of Bavaria in Germany and is crossed by the River Main in a large W-shape. A special feature is that the Bavarian vineyards on Lake Constance around Lindau belong to the Württemberg wine-growing region. The Franconian vineyards cover 6,130 hectares of vineyards, most of which are located between Aschaffenburg and Schweinfurt in Lower Franconia. All the vineyards are planted on south-facing valley slopes on the banks of the Main or in side valleys of its tributaries (Regnitz, Saale, Tauber).
It is an ancient wine-growing region, as evidenced by a deed of gift from 777 to the monastery of Fulda, to which the royal estate of Hammelburg with eight vineyards (Saaleck Castle with Schlossberg) was granted. A description of the area between Randersacker and Würzburg dated 14 October 779 is documented by Emperor Charlemagne (742-814).
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