Location and landscape
Neuenburg am Rhein lies on the River Rhine in the southern part of Baden-Württemberg, in the Markgräflerland wine-growing region and in the German-French border area. The Rhine shapes the city’s western geographical location. The landscape area includes Rhine terraces and floodplains, including a gravel-covered low terrace south of Neuenburg am Rhein.
Climate and soils
During the main growing season, the Markgräflerland has around 1,300 to 1,400 hours of sunshine and around 800 to 900 millimetres of precipitation annually. For Neuenburg am Rhein, a mean annual temperature of 11.9 °C was given for 2025. In the southern Upper Rhine region, Pleistocene terrace gravels and sands of the Neuenburg Formation are found, which consist predominantly of coarse Alpine gravel with subordinate sand and silt fractions.
Viticulture in Neuenburg am Rhein
The city has a documented vineyard plot in the vineyard Sonnenstück between Auggen and Schliengen. The area of about 20 ares was planted with Gutedel and was intended to produce grapes for a city wine. In the 2021 harvest, from a little over 18 ares, 3,807 kilograms of Gutedel were obtained, with a must weight of 67 degrees Oechsle.
City wine and history
The documented city wine is a dry white Gutedel quality wine. The grapes were supplied to the winery Auggener Schäf for cellar processing; the 2021 vintage’s Gutedel underwent a cold fermentation. Neuenburg am Rhein was founded around 1175 by Berthold IV of Zähringen and raised to a Free Imperial City in 1219. A major Rhine flood destroyed the western part of the town and large sections of the Liebfrauen Münster.
