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Here are some common or well-known vineyard names translated into English.
With thanks to Mark and Claudia for help with translation.

Abtsberg	Abbot's Hill	Kreuz	Cross
Altenberg	Old Hill	Kupfergrube	Coppermine
Apotheke	Apothecary (Chemist's)	Kupp	Hilltop
Badstube	Bathing room (probably Roman Baths)	Lay	Slate
Bischofsberg	Bishop's Hill	Mandelgarten	Almond garden
Bockstein	Buck's stone (possibly testicle)	Marcobrunn	Boundary fountain
Brauneberg	Brown Hill	Nies'chen	Little Agnes (possibly)
Bruderschaft	Brotherhood	Nonnenberg	The Nun's Hill
Burgberg	Castle Hill	Prälat	Prelate
Dompropst	Provost of the Cathedral	Rausch	Intoxication
Fels	Cliff	Rehbach	Deer Brook
Feuerberg	Hill of fire	Rotenfels	Red cliff
Gerümpel	Junk (amazingly!)	Rotlay	Red slate
Glöck	Bell	Schlangengraben	Snakepit
Goldgrube	Goldmine	Schlossberg	Castle Hill
Goldtröpfchen	A little drop of gold	Schwarzlay	Black slate
Graben	Ditch or Valley	Sonnenberg	Sunny Hill
Hasensprung	Hare's leap	Sonnenuhr	Sundial
Herrenberg	Men's Hill	Stein	Stone
Hermannshöhle	Herman's cave	Treppchen	Little stairway
Himmelreich	The Kingdom of Heaven	Ungeheuer	Monster
Hölle	Hell - possibly 'Hill' in old German	Vogelsang	Birdsong
Honigberg	The hill of honey	Wülfen	Wolves
Kirchenstück	Church section	Würtzberg	Spice Hill
Königsberg	King's Hill	Würzgarten	Spice garden
Karthäuserhofberg	Carthusian Monastery Hill	Zuckerberg	Sugar Hill

If anyone can translate the vineyard names Juffer; Gehrn; Baiken; Auflangen; Goldbächel; Rechbächel; Gaisböhl, or any other interesting or unusual vineyard names please send me an email to richard@germanwinesdirect.org