Designations of origin in Germany

Germany has 55 designations of origin protected in the EU: 46 wines (19 PDO and 27 PGI) and 9 cheeses (6 PDO and 3 PGI). This page lists them with their type, the year of protection and the legal text of each in the European Commission’s eAmbrosia register.

In brief

The oldest on the list is “Ahr” (protected since 1973); 11 designations share that year. 10 designations have been protected since 2010. For 55 of them the country’s interactive profile draws the production area on a map; PGI areas and some PDO areas are at the level of administrative units and may be larger than the real area.

PDO: closest link to the area (cheese: the whole process; wine: all the grapes). PGI: looser link (cheese: at least one stage; wine: at least 85% of the grapes).

Wines (46)

DesignationTypeProtected sinceLegal text
AhrPDO1973Legal text
Ahrtaler LandweinPGI1983Legal text
BadenPDO1973Legal text
Badischer LandweinPGI1999Legal text
Bayerischer Bodensee-LandweinPGI1983Legal text
Brandenburger LandweinPGI2009Legal text
Bürgstadter BergPDO2014Legal text
FrankenPDO1973Legal text
Großräschener SeePGI2021Legal text
Hessische BergstraßePDO1973Legal text
Landwein der MoselPGI1983Legal text
Landwein der RuwerPGI1999Legal text
Landwein der SaarPGI1983Legal text
Landwein MainPGI2006Legal text
Landwein NeckarPGI2009Legal text
Landwein OberrheinPGI2009Legal text
Landwein RheinPGI2009Legal text
Landwein Rhein-NeckarPGI2009Legal text
Mecklenburger LandweinPGI2006Legal text
Mitteldeutscher LandweinPGI1999Legal text
MittelrheinPDO1973Legal text
Monzinger NiederbergPDO2017Legal text
MoselPDO1973Legal text
NahePDO1973Legal text
Nahegauer LandweinPGI1983Legal text
PfalzPDO1973Legal text
Pfälzer LandweinPGI1983Legal text
Regensburger LandweinPGI1983Legal text
Rheinburgen-LandweinPGI1983Legal text
RheingauPDO1973Legal text
Rheingauer LandweinPGI1999Legal text
RheinhessenPDO1973Legal text
Rheinischer LandweinPGI1983Legal text
Saale-UnstrutPDO1996Legal text
Saarländischer LandweinPGI1999Legal text
SachsenPDO1996Legal text
Sächsischer LandweinPGI1999Legal text
Schleswig-Holsteinischer LandweinPGI2009Legal text
Schwäbischer LandweinPGI1983Legal text
Starkenburger LandweinPGI1983Legal text
Taubertäler LandweinPGI1999Legal text
Uhlen Blaufüsser Lay / Uhlen Blaufüßer LayPDO2015Legal text
Uhlen LaubachPDO2015Legal text
Uhlen Roth LayPDO2015Legal text
WürttembergPDO1973Legal text
Würzburger Stein-BergPDO2017Legal text

Cheeses (9)

DesignationTypeProtected sinceLegal text
Allgäuer BergkäsePDO1997Legal text
Allgäuer EmmentalerPDO1997Legal text
Allgäuer SennalpkäsePDO2011Legal text
Altenburger ZiegenkäsePDO1997Legal text
Hessischer Handkäse / Hessischer HandkäsPGI2007Legal text
Holsteiner TilsiterPGI2010Legal text
Nieheimer KäsePGI2006Legal text
Odenwälder FrühstückskäsePDO1997Legal text
Weißlacker / Allgäuer WeißlackerPDO2012Legal text

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Source: European Commission, eAmbrosia (EU geographical indications register) · Licence: CC BY 4.0, © European Union · Register data as of 2026-11-02. Only what the register publishes; nothing is added. Methodology

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