Location and landscape
Albertshofen is a municipality in the Kitzingen district in Bavaria. The village is located in the wine-growing region Franconia. A meteorological station in Albertshofen is situated at an elevation of 205 metres. In the Maintal near Albertshofen, dune fields between Albertshofen and Kleinlangheim have been documented; their wind-blown sands overlay a fluvial sandy covering layer and the Lettenkeuper.
Viticulture
The Herrgottsweg is an approved designation for vineyard sites in Albertshofen. The site belongs to the MainSüden area and to the Großlage Hofrat Großlage in the protected wine-growing area of Franconia. The local winegrowing, which had previously been of great importance, was revived with 16 hectares of Albertshofen Herrgottsweg.
History and agriculture
Albertshofen is documented for the first time in 1317 in a grant of a fief from Gottfried of Hohenlohe to Otto Fuchs and his brother Konrad. From the middle of the 19th century, the municipality developed from winegrowing via fruit growing into an important vegetable-growing centre.
Designation of the vineyard site
According to the Bavarian vineyard register, registered vineyard sites are geographical origin designations for quality wine and Prädikatswein. The site designation is linked to the name of the municipality or the district.
