Location and landscape
Nordheim is a municipality in the district of Heilbronn in Württemberg. The municipal area extends from the Alt-Neckar in the east to the heights of the Heuchelberg in the west and lies between the Neckar valley and the south-eastern foothills of the Heuchelberg in the Katzentalbach valley. The elevation in the area of Nordheim and Nordhausen ranges from 161 metres at the railway station up to 328 metres on the Heuchelberg.
Vine-growing
Around 22.1 per cent of the municipal area of about 1,271 hectares is used for wine-growing. Nordheim describes itself as a Württemberg wine village; the Württemberg Wine Route and the Württemberg Wine Cycle Route run through the municipality. Among the documented single-vineyard names are Sonntagsberg and Gräfenberg.
Grape varieties and wine styles
In the local context of wine, Lemberger, Silvaner, Müller-Thurgau, Schwarzriesling, Samtrot, Trollinger and Riesling are mentioned. The local wine offering includes quality wines in dry and semi-dry forms, sparkling wines, and a red Cuvée matured in wood.
History
Nordheim was first mentioned in a document in 823 in connection with a land grant by Adelbold to the Neustift in Worms. Before 1380, the place came under Württemberg and belonged until 1938 to the Oberamt Brackenheim. The town of Nordhausen was incorporated into the municipality of Nordheim on 1 January 1975.
