Location and landscape
Vollmersweiler is a municipality in the westernmost part of the Germersheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate. North of the town there are vineyards and land used for agriculture close to the border with Dierbach.
Winegrowing on the Krapfenberg
The Krapfenberg is a legally recorded single vineyard within the winegrowing region Pfalz, in the area of Südliche Weinstraße and within the greater site of Guttenberg. The 2024 vineyard directory lists in the cadastral area of Vollmersweiler 33.0 hectares of planted vineyard area. Under EU wine law, Pfalz is a protected designation of origin.
Altitude and climate
The Krapfenberg reaches approximately 173 metres above sea level. From there, the terrain slopes down to the town’s main road by around 144 metres. For the Pfalz winegrowing region, an average annual temperature of about 10 °C, a mean temperature for the growing season of 14.7 °C, annual precipitation of roughly 655 millimetres and precipitation during the growing season of about 390 millimetres are given.
History
Vollmersweiler used to belong to the possessions of the Abbey of Guttenberg. During part of the 18th century, the municipality had the same Schultheiß as Niederotterbach.
