The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.
Key facts
Type
g.U. (DAC / Qualitätswein)
Category
Wine
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
17,363 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
18.41 × 19.45 km
Centre
48.4105° N, 15.6374° E
Grapes
Grüner Veltliner, Weißer Riesling
Where it is
Nearest town
1.7 km east of Krems an der Donau
Nearest city
59 km north-west of Vienna 1,691,468 people
To the sea
355 km
Rivers nearby
Danube (1.7 km)
Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain
Elevation
186–671 m
Mean elevation
318 m
Measured over the whole outline on 67,954 elevation cells of about 51 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.
Bedrock
Mixed sedimentary rocks58%
Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)42%
Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.