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Weingut Brüder Dr. Becker
Weingut Brüder Dr. Becker is a German wine grower and craft producer based in Ludwigshöhe, in the Rheinhessen wine region, Germany.Joel B. Payne (Editor): ''Gault&Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2014'', , p. 788. Weingut Brüder Dr. Becker is a member of the Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter (VDP) since 1971. History The Becker family winery was founded in the middle of the 19 century. Later, as bricklayer Franz Becker was involved in the renovation of the Katharinenkirche, Oppenheim after the merger of the Lutheran and Reformed congregation in 1822 and his brother Johann Becker, working as an advocate in the administration of the Grand Duchy of Hesse became the eponymous owners. But it was after World War II when the family focussed on wine growing in the Ludwigshöhe estate. The owners started the environmentally sustainable turnaround already in the 1970s and changed over to organic viticulture. The winery is one of the founding members of the Rheinhessen regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwigshöhe
Ludwigshöhe is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Rhein-Selz. Geography Location The small municipality of Ludwigshöhe lies in Rhenish Hesse, in the Rhine rift a short way west of the Rhine on the old Mainz-Worms trade road, nowadays known as ''Bundesstraße'' 9, almost exactly halfway between the Rhineland-Palatinate state capital of Mainz and the '' Nibelungstadt'' of Worms. History Ludwigshöhe is a comparatively new place, but it goes back to the Merovingian community of Rudelsheim. A dykeburst in 1819 brought about a shift in that place’s population to higher ground on a nearby hill. Rudelsheim had its first documentary mention in 766 in a donation document from the Lorsch Abbey. It is believed to have been founded in the 5th or 6th century by the Franks. After the Romans had already brought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |