1st German Wine Educational Trail

Over 50 years ago, citizens of Schweigen-Rechtenbach established the 1st German Wine Educational Trail, which quickly became a visitor magnet and found fans far beyond the borders of the Southern Palatinate. With time, a comprehensive redesign became necessary. After one year of construction with financial support from EU funding (Leader), the new Wine Educational Trail was opened at the start of the 2021 season.

You can obtain extensive information at these stations:

1st Station "Old Press" at the Weintor, start and end of the Wine Educational Trail, information about the course of the trail, the construction history of the German Weintor and the chronicle of the German Weintor wine cooperative

2nd Station "Philipp Cuntz" at the former water reservoir, information about the history of viticulture and the Wine Educational Trail

3rd Station "Pests" with the phylloxera monument, information about vine pests and vine diseases

4th Station "St. Urban", information about the wine saints

5th Station "Small Weintor" at Alfred-Wasner-Platz with the vine planting of the German Wine Route, information about the history of the German Wine Route

6th Station "Ehrenhain", information about the lives of honored wine personalities

7th Station "Sonnenberg", information about the geology and nature conservation at Sonnenberg

8th Station "Grape Varieties", information about the main grape varieties grown on Sonnenberg

9th Station "Sesel", information about the eventful history at Sonnenberg and about the peculiarity that German wine grows on French soil