Location and landscape
Bengel is a municipality in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Traben-Trarbach in Rhineland-Palatinate. The municipality lies at the end of the Wittlich hollow on both sides of the Alfbach, between the Moselle heights to the south and the Eifel to the north. Bengel is at an altitude of about 150 metres and covers around 2,747 hectares. About 78 percent of the municipal area is forested.
Kloster Springiersbach
Kloster Springiersbach is located within the municipality. It was founded in 1102 by Augustinians and has been a Carmelite nuns' convent since 1922.
Winegrowing on the Moselle
Bengel belongs to the protected Mosel winegrowing area. The winegrowing region has an average annual daytime temperature of 9.7 °C, an average temperature during the growing season of 14.1 °C and a mean annual rainfall of 760 millimetres. Around 60 percent of the rainfall falls during the growing season.
Vineyards and geology
The single vineyard Klosterberg is linked with Bengel. The Moselle wine region is characterised primarily by Devonian rocks such as quartzitic sandstone, quartzite and clay-rich slate. Vineyards are located there at altitudes of around 65 to 375 metres, with an average altitude of roughly 180 metres; their predominant orientation ranges from south-east to south-west.
