Leithaberg

Appellation

Leithaberg is an appellation in Austria across 28 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: g.U. (DAC / Qualitätswein)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2009-08-01
Area: 61,274 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 28.4 × 41.49 km
Centre: 47.8644° N, 16.5612° E
Grapes: Blaufränkisch, Chardonnay, Grüner Veltliner, Neuburger
Other grapes: Pinot Blanc

Where it is

Nearest town: 3.5 km north-east of Eisenstadt
Nearest city: 20 km north of Sopron 62,246 people
To the sea: 328 km
Rivers nearby: Moson-Danube (10 km)
Lakes nearby: Neusiedl (13 km)
Same latitude: Lake Chelan (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation: 115–477 m
Mean elevation: 185 m

Measured over the whole outline on 58,862 elevation cells of about 103 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Mixed sedimentary rocks86%
Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)14%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 28

Breitenbrunn Am Neusiedler See
Donnerskirchen
Eisenstadt
Großhöflein
Hornstein
Jois
Klingenbach
Leithaprodersdorf
Loretto
Mörbisch Am See
Müllendorf
Neufeld An Der Leitha
Neusiedl Am See
Oggau Am Neusiedler See
Oslip
Purbach Am Neusiedler See
Rust
Sankt Margarethen Im Burgenland
Schützen Am Gebirge
Siegendorf
Steinbrunn
Stotzing
Trausdorf An Der Wulka
Wimpassing An Der Leitha
Winden Am See
Wulkaprodersdorf
Zagersdorf
Zillingtal

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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