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Weinviertel

Appellation

Weinviertel is an appellation in Austria across 143 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
g.U. (DAC / Qualitätswein)
Category
Wine
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
499,660 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
86.52 × 114.64 km
Centre
48.5084° N, 16.3364° E
Grapes
Grüner Veltliner

Where it is

Nearest town
16 km north-east of Stockerau
Nearest city
33 km north of Vienna 1,691,468 people
To the sea
382 km
Rivers nearby
Danube (14 km)
Same latitude
Vancouver Island (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
138–602 m
Mean elevation
259 m

Measured over the whole outline on 122,783 elevation cells of about 203 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

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

Communes · 143

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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