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Baden-Württemberg

Karlsruhe District

Kreis Bergstraße
Heppenheim

Sculpture: "The Genesis of King Riesling"

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Baden-Württemberg

Karlsruhe District

Kreis Bergstraße
Heppenheim

Sculpture: "The Genesis of King Riesling"

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Sculpture: "The Genesis of King Riesling"

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    Location: Heppenheim, Kreis Bergstraße, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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    June 3, 2021

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    This impressive stone sculpture was created by Adolf Mayer from Tramin in South Tyrol in 2010.
    The stone berries of the red Riesling are made of porphyry rock, those of the white Riesling are made of granite pebbles.
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    July 31, 2024

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    The "Wine and Stone Adventure Trail" presents interesting facts about wine, grape varieties, geology, climate, history, lifestyle, flora and fauna of the region at 77 stations and with numerous illustrated signs over a distance of 6.9 km (shortcuts possible). There are also some stone sculptures to be found, as here.
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    January 18, 2022

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    The idea for the sculpture came about spontaneously in 2007, shortly after the opening of the adventure trail, at the first sight of another grape sculpture by the artist Adolf …
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    Elevation 160 m

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