Heinrich von Bibra

In 1759 immediately after his selection as Prince Bishop and Abbot of Fulda, he had to flee his realm as it was overrun by both the French and the Hessians in the Seven Years' War.

He provided freedom of religion, forbidding mistreatment of Jews and employed Protestants alongside Catholics in his administration.

An engraved floor tile in front of the Adolphus von Dalberg grave by the altar marks the spot today.

The story is that producers at Schloss Johannisberg traditionally awaited the permission of the estate owner before cutting their grapes.

In this year, for reasons unknown, Heinrich was otherwise engaged and the cutting was delayed for three weeks, time enough for the Botrytis to take hold and produce the first thoroughly infected Spätlese.