A distinction must be made between the State Teaching and Research Centre for Viticulture and Fruit Growing and the Weinsberg State Winery. The Teaching and Research Institute is a training, research and advisory institution of the state of Baden-Württemberg. The State Winery, on the other hand, is an affiliated, independent wine-growing operation that is used for practical implementation, trials and wine production.
The Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau (formerly "Wein- und Obstbauschule Weinsberg") is located in the town of Weinsberg in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. This oldest viticultural school in Germany was established on the initiative and according to the plans of Immanuel August Ludwig Dornfeld (1796-1869), a viticultural expert working in Weinsberg, and opened in 1868 as the "Royal Viticultural School" under King Karl I of Württemberg (1823-1891). The 1st director of this viticultural school was Christian Single (1816-1869).
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