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The municipality of Nierstein-Schwabsburg with around 8,400 inhabitants is located on the Rhine in the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The district of Schwabsburg was an independent municipality until 1970. One of the three wine-growing areas in the Rheinhessen wine-growing region was named after Nierstein, the other two being Bingen and Wonnegau. The Nierstein area in the north-east stretches back to the Roman city of Mainz (Mogontiacum), which was founded in 38 BC. The centre is the Rhine front from Nackenheim to Schwabsburg. The most impressive and best steep slopes in Rheinhessen with the red slate soils (Rotliegendes) that give the area its name extend along the famous Roter Hang. The area is divided into 11 large vineyards: Auflangen, Domherr, Gutes Domtal, Güldenmorgen, Krötenbrunnen, Petersberg, Rehbach, Rheinblick, Sankt Alban, Spiegelberg and Vogelsgärten.

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