HISTORY
The viticultural roots at Grünhaus stretch back to Roman times.
10.
CENTURY
Starting in the 10th century, the Grünhaus name begins appearing in historical documents.
1.000 YEARS
AS A MONASTERY CENTURY
Nearly a millennium as a monastery followed, with Maximin Grünhaus serving as a secondary location for the Sankt Maximin Benedictine cloister of Trier.
1811
In the course of Napoleon’s secularization, the estate was sold to the first secular owner in 1811.
1850er
In the 19th century the monastery of Maximin Grünhaus was transformed into a palace complex – a prime example of the neo-Gothic, castleromantic architectural style.
1811
In 1881 Carl Ferdinand Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg bought Grünhaus including all premises, land and the vineyards of course, which had already been celebrated for centuries. Through the marriage of his daughter Ida with Conrad von Schubert Grünhaus came into hands of Familie von Schubert.
TODAY
Since then, the estate has been owned by the family and is now run by the 6th generation Maximin and Amelie von Schubert.
1.000 YEARS HISTORY OF THE CLOISTER
The history of Maximin Grünhaus attests to continuity and the drive for quality: almost 1.000 years of history as a cloister laid an unshakeable foundation for world-famous wines. Artifacts from Roman times show that wine was grown in this place at least two thousand years ago.
BENEDICTINE MONASTERY
Various sources document that by the 10th century the estate was used as a secondary location for the Benedictine monastery of Saint Maximin in Trier. Farming estates of this kind were crucial for supplying the monks in the city. By the late Middle Ages, wines from Grünhaus has already reached a quality that allowed them to be sold
to the wider world.
Arduous manual
harvest in the Abtsberg
STRIVING FOR QUALITY
The exceptional quality of the grapes was reflected in part through an increase in the land lease fee - from one in six to one in four grapes - leading to the creation of the ‚Viertelsberg‘ (‚Quarters Hill‘) parcel.
