Johannisberg is a village to the west of Wiesbaden in Hessen, Germany.
It is part of the city of Geisenheim in the Rheingau, on the right bank of the Rhine.
[1] The place is mainly celebrated for the beautiful castle, Schloss Johannisberg, which crowns a hill overlooking the Rhine valley, and is surrounded by vineyards yielding the famous Johannisberger wine.
The Schloss, built in 1757–1759 by the abbots of Fulda on the site of a Benedictine monastery founded in 1090, was bestowed, in 1808, by Napoleon upon Marshal Kellermann.
[2] In 1816 it was given by Francis I of Austria, to Prince Metternich,[1] in recognition of his services as Austrian Foreign Minister.