Next to Altenberg, Kapellenberg, Kirchberg, Klosterberg, Rosenberg and Sonnenberg one of the most common single vineyard names in Germany. There are also the names Herrnberg, Herrenberger and Maximiner Herrenberg. Some other vineyard names include Herrenberg, for example Deutschherrenberg, Domherrenberg, Graf Beyßel Herrenberg and Kirchherrenberg. The name is mostly derived from a former manorial estate. It occurs in 9 of the 13 wine-growing regions a total of 44 times (see last paragraph).
The southeast to southwest facing vineyard with a slope of 15 to 60% covers 15.5 hectares of vineyards on stony, heavily weathered clay slate soil. The Treppchen site is located above this. Here, mainly the Riesling variety is cultivated. The vineyards Berres, Dr. Hermann, Lotz Klaus, Roth Andreas, S. A. Prüm and St. Anna, for example, have shares in this vineyard.
The west to southwest facing vineyards with slopes ranging from 10 to 30% cover 46 hectares of vineyards. The soils consist mainly of shell limestone, interspersed with mottled sandstone and loess loam. Here, mainly the varieties Riesling, Silvaner and Müller-Thurgau are cultivated. The Müller Adam and Seeger Thomas wineries, for...