The white grape variety originates from Austria. Synonyms grouped by country are Brubler, Burgrebe, Grüner Burgundertraube, Neuburger Alb, Weißer Neuburger (Germany, Austria); Neuburger Bianco (Italy); Neuburger Bijeli (Croatia); Neuburské(Slovakia, Czech Republic); Fehér Neuburger, Fehér Neuburgi (Hungary).

According to a story, in 1870 some parts of a vine washed up on the banks of the Danube near the municipality of Oberarnsdorf in the Lower Austrian wine-growing region of Wachau. The winegrowers Kristoff Ferstl (1808-1888), an ancestor of the owner family of the Mantlerhof winery, and Franz Marchendl planted the vine in Arnsdorf and pressed wine from it for the first time in 1872. It then made its way to Spitz an der Donau, where it was planted near the Hinterhaus ruins ("Burg" in the vernacular). This gave rise to the name Neuburger. In memory of this event, a small chapel and a man-sized statue of St Urban were erected in 1935. However, this monument was blown up a few years later by drunken SA men. A new monument was finally erected in 1983.
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