The best hikes from bus stations around Oestrich Winkel

The Hotel Kloster Johannisberg was originally built as a "water cure establishment". In 1928, Benedictine nuns moved into the building complex and had the church built.

...and yet another of the many beautiful viewpoints!

Just one of several viewpoints along the Hallgarter Rieslingschleife, all of which offer a beautiful view of the Rhine plain.

📜 Anno Domini 1327⚘️… In the darkness, among 🕯📜parchment and forbidden books📚, blood was spilled behind monastery walls⛪️.... A cunning Franciscan friar and his young novice seek the truth – and find themselves amidst murder and the Inquisition. 🎬When star director Jean-Jacques Annaud and producer Bernd Eichinger set out in 1986 to find a suitable location for their film adaptation of Umberto Eco's classic "⚘️The Name of the Rose⚘️", it was the beginning of a global career for Eberbach Monastery⛪️ as a screen star.

🍇Steinberg Vineyard: It is arguably one of the most famous and oldest vineyards in the world🍇: Known as the favorite vineyard of the monks of Eberbach Abbey, who established viticulture in the Rheingau, Steinberg remains the sole property of the Hessian State Wineries Kloster Eberbach. Furthermore, with approximately 34 hectares of vineyards, Steinberg is the largest contiguous vineyard holding in the Rheingau. Unique is the 3.8-kilometer-long and up to four-meter-high stone wall, which the monks painstakingly built to protect against grape thieves and wild animals. Above all, this wall, preserved and restored to this day, protects the grapes in Steinberg from the cold air currents from the nearby forest and, by retaining heat, creates a unique microclimate🍇. The deep slate soils found here produce a high-acid, mineral wine that also ages well🍇.

Eberbach Monastery, famous from the film adaptation of the novel "In the Name of the Rose," is one of the most beautiful monasteries in Germany.

The originals of the three statues can be admired inside the monastery on the second floor

Statue of the Spätlese Rider in the farmyard of Schloss Johannisberg The Spätlese Rider is a figure from a local legend that is supposed to explain the accidental discovery of Spätlese wine at Schloss Johannisberg winery in the Rheingau. However, there is no historical evidence for this figure. The story of the Johannisberg Spätlese Rider demonstrates how an apparent catastrophe can lead to an epoch-making discovery. Unlike other Rheingau wineries, whose grape harvest times were dictated by the municipalities, the cellar master at Johannisberg once required special permission from the Prince-Bishop of Fulda, the then owner of the castle. In 1775, however, the courier sent out with the harvest permit was late. There are various versions as to why the return of the mounted messenger was delayed by 14 days. One version claims that the Prince-Bishop was out hunting and therefore unreachable. The other is that the courier fell victim to robbers and was captured. In short: The monks on the Johannisberg waited day after day for the harvest to begin, watching as the grapes on the vines became increasingly rotten and shriveled. When the rider finally arrived with the prince-bishop's permission to harvest, the harvest seemed ruined. Nevertheless, the monks conscientiously harvested the seemingly spoiled grapes. And soon the cellar master was amazed: The wine made from the rotten grapes surpassed all previous wines in quality. By chance, noble rot was discovered, a mold that can develop in grapes rich in Oechsle in mild autumn weather with early morning fog. Thus, the foundation was laid for the qualities of the Spätlese, but especially the Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese, which have helped Rheingau wine achieve world fame. The cellar masters on the Johannisberg deserve credit for recognizing this coincidence and using it to improve the quality of their wines.