What is "johannisberg"

Johannisberg is a village in Hessen, Germany. It is part of the city of Geisenheim in the Rheingau, on the right bank of the Rhine, 6 m. S. of Rüdesheim by railway.

The place is mainly celebrated for the beautiful castle, Schloss Johannisberg, which crowns a hill overlooking the Rhine valley, and is surrounded by vineyards yielding the famous Johannisberger wine. The Schloss, built in 1757-1759 by the abbots of Fulda on the site of a Benedictine monastery founded in 1090, was bestowed, in 1807, by Napoleon upon Marshal Kellermann. In 1816 it was given by Francis I of Austria, to Prince Metternich, in recognition of his services as Austrian Foreign Minister.

The Johannisberg, formerly also called the Keeserkopf and Herzoghut, is a 3,453 metre high mountain in the Glockner Group in the central section of the main Tauern crest, a mountain range in the Austrian Central Alps. The mountain lies right on the border between the Austrian states of Salzburg and Carinthia. It was given its present name in honour of Archduke John of Austria by the Regensburg botanist, David Heinrich Hoppe, in 1832, on the occasion of the failed attempt to advance into the area beyond the Riffltor (3,094 m). The Johannisberg has, seen from the east, a firn-capped dome shape, its western side consists of a mighty, 450 metre high and 50° inclined West Face. Long, prominent, knife-edge ridges radiate away from it to the northwest and southwest. The mountain is a popular destination for walkers and climbers due to its easy accessibility.

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Johannisberg is the name of the following:

Mountains:

• Johannisberg (Bad Nauheim)
• Johannisberg (High Tauern) (3,453 m AA), in the Glockner Group in the Austrian High Tauern
• Johannisberg (Jena-Lobeda) on the east bank of the Saale near Jena-Lobeda, with bronze-age and early medieval fortifications
• Johannisberg (Oberpfalz) (605 m) in the Upper Palatine Forest near Freudenberg (Oberpfalz)
• Johannisberg (Teutoburger Wald) in the Teutoburg Forest
• Johannisberg (Wuppertal) in Wuppertal

Places:

• in Germany
  • Johannisberg (Geisenheim), part of Geisenheim in Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in Hesse
  • Johannisberg (Oberviechtach), part of Oberviechtach in Landkreis Schwandorf in Bavaria
  • Johannisberg (Penzberg), part of Penzberg in Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau in Bavaria
  • Johannisberg (Windhagen), a village in the municipality of Windhagen in Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Johannisberg (Gammelby), a village in the municipality of Gammelby in Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde (Schleswig-Holstein)
• in Poland
  • Borzęcino, a village in the voivodeship of Westpommern (formerly Johannisberg im Landkreis Schlochau, Pommern); see Biały Bór
  • Grębice, a village in the voivodeship of Westpommern (formerly Johannisberg im Landkreis Cammin, Pommern); see Świerzno, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
  • Jania Góra, a village in the voivodeship of Kujawien-Pommern (formerly Johannisberg im Landkreis Schwetz, Westpreußen); see Świekatowo
  • Janowa Góra, a village in the voivodeship of Niederschlesien (formerly Johannisberg im Landkreis Habelschwerdt, Niederschlesien)
  • Janowo, a village in the voivodeship of Ermland-Masuren (formerly Johannisberg im Landkreis Osterode, Ostpreußen)
  • Lubkowice, a village in the voivodeship of Westpommern (formerly Johannisberg im Landkreis Kolberg-Körlin, Pommern); see Gościno
  • Osetna, a village in the voivodeship of Lebus (formerly Johannisberg im Landkreis Soldin, Brandenburg); see Lipiany
• in Romania
  • Johannisberg, the German name for Nucet village, Roşia Commune, Sibiu County
• in Sweden
  • Johannisberg (Sweden)
• in the Czech Republic
  • Janov nad Nisou, municipality in okres Jablonec nad Nisou in Isergebirge

Castles:

• Jánský vrch in Javorník, Bohemia
• Johannisberg Castle (Düdelingen), a ruined castle on the Johannisberg near Düdelingen in Luxembourg
• Johannisberg Castle, a castle site in the Rheingau

Viticulture:

• Schloss Johannisberg, a winery in the Rheingau
• Johannisberg Region of the Reingau vineyards
• Johannisberg (Lößnitz), a former vineyard in Saxony
• Radebeuler Johannisberg, part of the Lößnitz vineyard
• in Switzerland a name for the Silvaner grape