Schreckensteiner was a
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; ; ) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. In a narrow, geographic sense, it roughly encompasses the territories of present-day Czechia that fall within the Elbe River's drainage basin, but historic ...
n wine known for its quality. It was grown at the foot of the ruined
Schreckenstein (Střekov) Castle on south facing slopes on the right bank of the
River Elbe
The Elbe ( ; ; or ''Elv''; Upper Sorbian, Upper and , ) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Republic), then Ge ...
near the Bohemian city of
Aussig which is now
Ústà nad Labem
Ústà nad Labem (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the Ústà nad Labem Region. It is a major industrial centre and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction.
...
in the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
.
It may have given its name to the additional staking pot in the game of
German Tarok which was known in Bohemia.
[''Tarok (Sans prendre)'' (1889), p. 17.]
References
Literature
* _ (1889). ''Tarok (Sans prendre)''. Munich: Grau.
* Schnabel, Dr. G. R. (1846). ''Statistik der landwirthschaftlichen Industrie von Böhmen''
Statistics for the Agricultural Industry of Bohemia" Prague: J.G Calve.
German wine
Czech wine
{{card-game-stub