Location and Landscape
Bolanden is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate and lies in the wine-growing region Pfalz. The municipality is located in the Bolander Randhöhen, the outlying zone of the North Palatine Uplands. The landscape is characterised by ridges rising to about 310 metres above sea level and by small rocky steep slopes on which vineyards and woodland can be found.
Schlossberg and History
The Schloßberg is the hill immediately connected with the castle ruins above the settlement. Bolanden developed in connection with the castle and the monastery. Later, the municipality belonged to the Electoral Palatinate and subsequently to Nassau-Weilburg. Since a Rhineland-Palatinate ordinance dated 31 December 1964, the Bolanden Schlossberg has been under landscape protection.
Wine Site
The official directory of wine sites lists the Schloßberg as a single vineyard site within the municipality and cadastral area of Bolanden. The wine site has the identification number 821502, belongs to the Großlage Schnepfenflug from Zellertal, and is assigned to the Pfalz wine-growing region. For the 2024 grape harvest, less than one hectare of planted vineyard area is recorded there.
