The name goes back to a spice garden, which many communities planted in the Middle Ages for the production of spiced wines. According to a document from the 13th century, the fief vintner Godefridus Th. Wurzegard owned such a spice garden. To commemorate the combination of herb garden and vineyard, a show wort garden was created on the steep slope of the site in 2005. In 1971, in the course of land consolidation, the two previously independent single vineyards Krank(en)lay and Sonnenuhr were incorporated and managed as...
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