Location and landscape
Emmendingen is located in the Breisgau, between the foothills of the Black Forest and the Kaiserstuhl in the Upper Rhine Plain. The urban area covers 3,379 hectares and stretches from 189.4 to 402.28 metres above sea level. The town extends from the low-lying areas of the northern Freiburg Bay and the Elz valley up into the pre-mountain zone between Lahr and Emmendingen.
The Federal Environment Agency classifies Emmendingen as one of the warmer regions in Germany. In Baden-Württemberg, the town also has a comparatively high level of exposure to summer days, hot days and tropical nights.
Winegrowing in the Breisgau
Winegrowing in Emmendingen belongs to the Baden wine-growing region and, within that, to the Breisgau area. The vineyard site Halde is characterised by Buntsandstein and is thus an exception to the loess landscape found in the district. For this site, Spätburgunder and Cabernet Mitos are indicated.
A documented cultivation describes careful and nature-conscious care of the vineyards. In the cellar, wines ripen on the fine lees in an old vaulted cellar, partly in barrique barrels.
Historical highlights
Emmendingen was first mentioned in written records under this name on 7 June 1091. On 1 January 1590, the town received town privileges from the Margrave Jakob III of Baden.
The Hochburg near Emmendingen has been documented since 1127. The later expanded fortification complex was destroyed during the Thirty Years’ War in 1636.
