Oestrich-Winkel

Geschichte

Oestrich-Winkel is a town with roughly 12,000 inhabitants in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany.GeographyLocationOestrich-Winkel, which culturally belongs to the Rheingau region, lies on the Rhine River, 19 km westsouthwest of Wiesbaden and 17 km west of Mainz. It is, as a part of the Rheingau wine region, the largest wine growing town of Hesse.The coordinates 50°N, 8°E lie right in the stadtteil of Winkel, whose name, coincidentally, is German for “angle”.Neighbouring municipalitiesOestrich-Winkel borders in the north on the town of Lorch and the municipalities of Welterod (Rhein-Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate), Heidenrod and Schlangenbad; in the east on the town of Eltville; in the south, across the Rhine, on the town of Ingelheim (Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate) and in the west on the town of Geisenheim.