page_title: German Wine Route
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: German Wine Route / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Hambacher Schloss in the palatinate above vineyards and chestnut trees
context_page_description: The German Wine Route or Wine Road is the oldest of Germany's tourist wine routes. Located in the Palatinate region of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, the route was established in 1935.
context_section_description: The German Wine Route was established in 1935. There was a record harvest in 1934, and another one was foreseen for 1935, so Gauleiter Josef Bürckel had the idea of establishing a road that connects all vintners' villages to boost the wine sales.
  The German Wine Route was officially opened on 19 October 1935.  Existing local roads along the route were renamed to incorporate "Weinstraße" into their names and local municipalities were told to add "an der Weinstraße" to their names.
  After World War 2, Nazi symbols were removed from the heraldic eagle on the south side of the German Wine Gate. Below, a US-Graffito from March 1945 honours Mineral Wells, Texas.
caption: Vineyards and blooming chestnut trees below Hambach Castle
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