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Weingut Kleemann
Uwe und Matthias Kleemann
Hauptstraße 2
67578 Gimbsheim
Of birds of prey and leaning towers
Vultures are very large, not too pretty looking scavengers. What does Gau-Weinheim have to do with you? Nothing at all. Because the word "Geyer" stood in the Middle Ages for birds of prey in general. That is, for the hawk or buzzard that lives here. The naming of the location is due to the appearance of these birds. They like to sit attentively on the vineyard stakes - called "stiggel" in Rheinhessen - and lie in wait for prey. Certainly, they also fly around the municipal tower, which is a protected monument. At 5.38 degrees, it is more crooked than the Tower of Pisa! Gau-Weinheim is located in the Rhine-Hessian hill country in a hollow, at the southeastern foothills of the 271m high Wißberg. The Geyersberg site runs east along the village and is protected from cold north winds. On dark loess and heavy clay soils grow the classic grape varieties Riesling, Silvaner, Müller-Thurgau and fruity wines of the varieties Scheurebe and Bacchus as well as red wines.
> Historical and informative facts about the leaning tower on the village homepage: https://www.gau-weinheim.de/ortsgemeinde/bauwerke/gemeindeturm.html
> Other sites in Rheinhessen with the name Geyersberg: Bechtheimer Geyersberg
> Also Geiersberg with "i" in communities: Armsheim and Dittelsheim-Hessloch
> Other sites with animal name: Wöllsteiner Äffchen, Dorn-Dürkheimer Hasensprung or Zornheimer Vogelsang
The smallest and possibly most idyllic single vineyard in Alsheim.
The vineyard was first mentioned in a document in 1720 under the name "im Fischerpfadt". The single vineyard is about five kilometres away from the river Rhein. Fishermen once took this route, coming from the village of Wintersheim. The single vineyard is the smallest, but possibly the most idyllic in Alsheim. It is located directly by the district of Hangen-Wahlheim - with only ten houses, old trees and the remains of an old church for Maria Magdalena. The table of wine invites you to a picnic with a panoramic view of the Rhine valley. The vineyards are characterised by deep loess soil. Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc and other grape varieties grow here.
Originally reserved to the priest only, nowadays open to everyone
“Frühmesse” is the German word for the early mass, a holy catholic mass, which the priest read in the early morning, before starting work. The grapes and wines from the single vineyard "Alsheimer Frühmesse" were apparently used to pay such a priest or chaplain. The vineyard was first mentioned in a document in 1721 under the name "zur Frühmeß" (engl. For early mass). Many Rheinhessen grape varieties grow on fertile loess soil. Loess is a very soft material thanks to which there can also be some hollow trails found in the municipality. These are paths cut deep into the landscape, created by erosion and time. Today they are a precious refuge for animals and nature.
