German Wine Route

One of the oldest tourist roads in and the first of its kind. The idea for the foundation was born due to big wine sales problems. The ceremonial opening took place with a mass event in Bad Dürkheim on October 19, 1935. On October 20, an opening drive with 300 motor vehicles took place. Within a short time, tourism and sales increased enormously. The Wine Route extends through the wine growing region in the federal state of from Schweigen-Rechtenbach on the French border in the south to Bockenheim in the north on the edge of Rhinehesse over a length of 85 kilometres. It is marked by a square yellow sign with a triangular stylized grape made of ten berries. From the opening, the communities were able to use the addition "an der Weinstraße", which replaced the old "an der Haardt". Two striking buildings mark the beginning and end. These are the "Eingangstor zur Deutschen Weinstraße" in Schweigen-Rechtenbach, inaugurated in 1936, and the "Haus der Deutschen Weinstraße" in Bockenheim. The swastika was chiseled out of the former in order to erase its National Socialist origins.

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