Location and classification
Fuchshöhle is an officially registered single-vineyard site in the district of Gondorf in the municipality of Kobern-Gondorf in the wine-growing region of Mosel. It belongs to the Burg Cochem area and to the Großlage Weinhex.
Vineyard area
In the vineyard sites register, Fuchshöhle is listed under number 440515. The officially recorded vineyard area amounts to 1.6 hectares. The register names Kobern-Gondorf as the municipality and Gondorf as the cadastral area.
Historical background
Fuchshöhle belonged to the former agricultural and viticultural estate of the von der Leyen family in Gondorf. The name is explained in local cultural history by the fact that foxes approached the geese in the neighbouring vineyard, Gäns.
During secularisation, the vineyard was taken away from the first prince, Philipp Franz von der Leyen, and sold to a winemaker in Gondorf.
