Weinstraße

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Weintor, Schweigen, Pfalz / Palatinate The Weintor marks the southern end of the Weinstraße, at Schweigen-Rechtenbach on the Franco-German frontier adjacent to Wissembourg / Weißenburg in France

Inaugurated October 1935, the first German Weinstraße ("wine route") begins at Schweigen-Rechtenbach (on the frontier with France at Weißenburg / Wissembourg) where its start is marked by the Weintor, an imposing ceremonial gatehouse in pink stone. From here it runs northwards, passing Landau in Rheinland-Pfalz and continuing through Edenkoben, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Deidesheim and Bad Dürkheim to Bockenheim. Touristenstraßen / Tourist Routes were established in the 1930s to promote tourism. The route is marked by its sequence of village wine festivals, starting the last Sunday in August when Weinstraßentag is celebrated.

The idea of the Badische Weinstraße through Baden was so successful it has been imitated in almost every-German wine-producing region:

• Sächsische Weinstraße,
• Rheingauer Rieslingroute,
• Römische Weinstraße,
• Ruwer Riesling Route,
• Weinstraße Mansfelder Seen,
• and from 2004, the official Württemberger Weinstraße

In Austria travelling oenophiles may taste

• the Steirische Weinstraße in the Südsteiermark
• the Schilcherweinstraße in the Weststeiermark

In Italy the South Tyrol vaunts its own Südtiroler Weinstraße.

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