![]() Mostly Silvaner and Müller-Thurgau grapes are grown. On the sometimes very steep hills alongside the Main river, the soil mainly consists of Muschelkalk. The Maindreieck ("Main triangle") is the middle portion of Franconia. The main red wine areas of Franconia have been connected by the long-distance hiking trail Fränkischer Rotweinwanderweg (Franconian red wine footpath) since 1990. The most important villages are Bürgstadt, Großheubach and Klingenberg am Main. Some of the wines made from vines grown there have won national and international wine trophies. The " Bürgstadter Centgrafenberg" and the "Schlossberg" in Klingenberg am Main are said to be the best vineyards. The Pinot noirs and the rare but high quality grape Frühburgunder are grown. Franconian vine plantings for red wine started to expand in the 1970s. The special soil is mainly red sandstone which is especially suitable for growing grape vines for red wine. The Mainviereck ("Main square") is the westernmost district of Franconia, on the lower slopes of the Spessart hills and is one of the warmest spots in Bavaria. ![]() The bends of the River Main have been used to define the region's three districts, two of which take their names from their respective geometric shape. There are a few areas in Middle Franconia, mainly in the Steigerwald and a very small part in the area of Upper Franconia around Bamberg. The greater part of the wine region is situated in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia around its capital Würzburg along the Main River. In 2014, vines were grown on 6,176 hectares (15,260 acres) of land in the region. To the southeast of the region lies Steigerwald.įranconia (German: Franken) is a region for quality wine in Germany situated in the north west of Bavaria in the district of Franconia, and is the only wine region in the federal state of Bavaria. Further to the west, Main makes two almost 90 degree turns, which give rise to an almost square U shape known as the "Main square", Mainviereck. In the centre of the map, around Würzburg, the river Main makes a sharp turn which defines a V-shaped triangle often referred to as the "Main triangle", Maindreieck.
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