One of the eight specific wine-growing regions in the Austrian federal state or generic wine-growing region of Lower Austria. It lies to the east, bordering the Wachau wine-growing region. Named after the river Krems, the Kremstal extends north and south of the Danube and includes the town of Krems, the wine-growing areas to the east and the small wine-growing communities south of the Danube.

The picture shows the two vineyards Gottschelle and Oberfeld as well as the famous Göttweig Abbey in the background.
Vineyards belonging to the diocese of Passau in the Krems Valley are documented as early as 973. After the devastation of the Migration Period, bishops from Salzburg and Bavaria had vineyards cultivated here from the 10th century onwards. Until the 16th century, over 40 monasteries around the town of Krems were granted vineyards as endowments.
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