Schloss Vollrads
Vollrads Castle is a castle in Hesse, Rheingau, about two kilometers from the Rhine River north of angle ( Rheingau), surrounded by forest and vineyards at an altitude of 160 meters.
History
The castle was named after the Lords of angle; Full Radu is a first name. Thus in 1218 a "full Radus in Winkela " (so-called knight full Radus ), in 1268 a " Conradus dictus full Radus armed " mentioned quellenkundlich. From the original buildings from this time nothing is traceable.
The core of the castle is erected as a water castle massive residential tower, which is surrounded by a square pond and therefore can only be reached by a bridge. It goes back to the first third of the 14th century and the family of Greiffenclau who were heirs of the lords of angles. The 8- square stair tower which flanked the Donjon, was grown in 1471; the bay is an ingredient of 1620. above the entrance to the residential tower emblazoned the coat of arms of Greiffenclaus.
1684 the present two-winged mansion was (then 2 storeys ) by Georg Phillip Greiffenclau of Vollrads built next to the tower. His son Johann Erwein finally built in 1700 to the farm buildings, built boundary walls around the castle gardens and provided the water tower with a Baroque dome roof.
1907/1908 took Countess Clara Matushka - Greiffenclau ago tags. She left the south wing of the manor increase by a third floor, grow two towers with onion domes, expand the terraces and also to increase the tag at the Donjon.
As of 1935, Richard Graf - Matushka Greiffenclau, who later became president and honorary president of the German Winegrowers' Association and Member of Parliament, Lord Castle Vollrads.
In 1975, Erwein Count Matuschka Greiffenclau the highly indebted possession. However, he failed to redevelop the property financially. When the bank filed for the opening of bankruptcy proceedings against the property to Matushka - Greiffenclau took his own life in 1997. Since then, belongs to the possession of the Nassau Savings Bank, which manages the castle with its vineyards and a restaurant.
The estate is a member of the Association of German predicate and quality wineries. Large parts of the castle can not be visited for the public; at events access is possible. During the summer, live music events, offered for wine season in the fall serving in the courtyard. In addition, civil ceremonies, in consultation with the registry office Oestrich- angles are possible.
In 2011, the leather hangings of the room were Mr. restored in the mansion of the beginning of the 18th century by the State of Hesse, of the Society Vollrads Castle and the German Foundation for Monument Protection.
Viniculture
Viticulture in today's Rheingau single location Schlossberg was documented in the early Middle Ages. The oldest wine bill of Vollrads Castle dates from the year 1211. Individual position lock Vollrads is bounded by the Winkel single layer roof mountain in the north, Gutenberg to the east and Hasensprung in the West.
Since the German wine law of 1971 Vollrads Palace as well as Schloss Johannisberg, Schloss Reichartshausen and Steinberg applies to Eberbach Monastery as a separate district. Thus, the wine from the position of lock Vollrads may without specifying a place name, so just be labeled as Vollrads Palace.
Other than the location Vollrads Palace, which contains 48 hectares of vineyards and belongs to Großlage honey mountain, castle Vollrads had farmed in the 1980s and 1990s, the princely Löwenstein -Wertheim - the Rosenberg vineyards in Hall garden and so came to a farm size of 64 hectares.
Today the vineyard of Schloss Vollrads comprises a total of 80 acres with locations in Oestrich- angle, Hall Garden, Had home and Geisenheim.
Planted is only the Riesling grape, from which all grades of quality wine over cabinet, Spätlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese be generated until the ice.
Since 2004, the wine bottles are closed with Vino-Lok glass closure as an alternative to traditional corks. Thus, the wine stays fresh longer and free of off-flavors such as cork taint or other caused by the natural cork wine faults.