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unusual facts about Geisenheim


Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg

After a time he retired to his family estate at Geisenheim on the Rhine, but in 1639 he re-entered the Dutch army, in which, apparently, apart from a few intervals at Geisenheim, he remained until about 1650.


Gau Algesheim–Bad Kreuznach railway

The line ran from Rüdesheim and Geisenheim to Münster-Sarmsheim on the Nahe Valley Railway and it was connected by a double-track connection at Ockenheim to the line from Gau-Algesheim.

Heinrich Eduard von Lade

He died in Geisenheim, which is still famous for its wine and the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute.

House of Schönborn

In 1661, Philipp Erwein, Baron von Schönborn (1607–1668), of Freienfels Castle near Weinbach, since 1654 also owner of Geisenheim, the only brother of Elector-Archbishop Johann Philipp von Schönborn, purchased the Herrschaft (territory) of Heusenstamm and built a new castle.

Noble rot

A popular myth is that the practice originated independently in Germany in 1775, where the Riesling producers at Schloss Johannisberg (Geisenheim, in the Rheingau region) traditionally awaited the say-so of the estate owner, Heinrich von Bibra, Bishop of Fulda, before cutting their grapes.

Stuart Pigott

In the semester 2008/2009 he took lessons at the University of Applied Sciences in Geisenheim comprising the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute.


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