Akademie Deutsches Bäckerhandwerk Weinheim

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Historical photo of the former bakery school
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The Akademie Deutsches Bäckerhandwerk Weinheim eV , as the federal academy of the German bakery trade, is the central educational institution of all state bakery guild associations as well as the central association of the German bakery trade . It is located in the forest castle of the city of Weinheim an der Bergstrasse. The association is recognized as a non-profit organization. There is also state recognition as a master's school for bakers. The academy u. a. also made through the establishment of a training course for bread sommelier and chocolate sommelier.

History of the forest castle and the technical school

The oldest part of the academy building facing the street was built in 1906 and 1907 and initially operated as a hotel and restaurant "Waldschlösschen". Due to an initiative of the Baden Prime Minister Walter Köhler and the Baden district baker's guild master Heinrich Pfliegensdörfer - both from Weinheim - the city of Weinheim acquired the so-called “Waldschloss” on July 21, 1937. For a symbolic purchase price, it transferred it to the Reichsbäckerverband in Berlin as a "measure of economic development", which in return undertook to build and operate a bakery school.

On December 8, 1938, the opening ceremony of the "Bakery School for Southwest Germany" for the areas of Baden , Württemberg , Saar-Palatinate and southern Hesse by Prime Minister Walter Köhler and Reich Guild Master Karl Grüßer. "The German bakery trade has the task of delivering healthy bread to the people," said Reich Guild Master Grüßer, who had come from Berlin for the opening. For this to happen, "survival must be pursued from below" and trained. “The bakers are a crucial link in the German economy. This handicraft provides food for the people and thus public health, ”declared Prime Minister Walter Köhler in his speech.

Between 1944 and 1948 there was a war-related break in school. The building was used as a hospital. From 1946 to 1949 the Central Association of the German Bakery Trade had its seat in the Weinheimer Waldschloss (today in Berlin).

In 1948 it reopened as the "Bäckerschule Weinheim", sponsored by the Baden Bakers' Association. In 1960 the name was changed to “Fachschule Weinheim des Deutschen Bäckerhandwerk”, then in 1969 it was renamed “Bundesfachschule des Deutschen Bäckerhandwerk” (Federal Technical School of German Bakers), which was used for many years and is still widely known today.

In 1991 there was an extensive expansion by adding a technology center with a teaching bakery and laboratory to the guest house, which was built in 1955 .

With the establishment of the ADB-Verbund, which is coordinated by the Academy in Weinheim, the renaming of the “Federal Technical School of the German Bakery Trade” to “Academy of German Bakery Trade Weinheim” took place in 2006. Common names are also "Bundesakademie Weinheim" or simply "Akademie Weinheim".

Due to the significant increase in the number of academy participants since 2006, public business operations in the previously leased hotel-restaurant “Waldschloss” were discontinued in 2008. Since then, the academy's restaurant and guest house, which is still in operation, has only been open to participants in master classes and seminars .

In the years 2009-2010 a general renovation took place in the old building including restaurant, reception area, seminar wing, administration rooms and stairwells. The restaurant was expanded to include a training area for front baking and bakery catering. The inauguration of the new premises took place on March 31, 2010 by the Baden-Württemberg Prime Minister Stefan Mappus .

principal

In the years of its existence, the following school principals were responsible for the academy:

  • Karl Jacob Seitz from 1938 to 1944
  • Eugen Gottmann in 1948
  • Horst Kluge from 1949 to 1972
  • Christian Behrends from 1973 to 1974
  • Klaus Köpf from 1975 to 2005
  • Bernd Kütscher since 2006

Organization of the academy

The association Akademie Deutsches Bäckerhandwerk Weinheim eV has the following members.

  • Central association of the German bakery trade
  • Bakers' Guild Association Baden
  • State guild association for the Bavarian bakery trade
  • National Association of Bakers and Confectioners in Berlin and Brandenburg
  • Bakers' Guild of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
  • Bakers' Guild Association of Hesse
  • Landesinnungsverb. of the baker u. Confectionery handw. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  • Baker's Guild Association Lower Saxony / Bremen
  • Association of the Rhenish Bakery Trade
  • State guild association of the bakery trade Saxony-Anhalt
  • Saxonia regional guild association of the bakery trade in Saxony
  • Saarland Bakers' Guild
  • State guild association of the bakery trade Schleswig-Holstein
  • Southwest Bakers Guild Association
  • State guild association of the Thuringian bakery trade
  • Baker's Guild Association Westphalia-Lippe
  • State guild association for the Württemberg bakery trade

The board of the Academy is represented by Michael Wippler, President of the Central Association of the German Bakers 'Trade and RA Daniel Schneider, General Manager of the Central Association of the German Bakers' Trade. The head of the academy is director Bernd Kütscher.

Furnishing

The academy consists of a total of eight parts of the building, which have gradually been added. Three teaching bakeries are available for further training, as well as five seminar rooms for 30–160 people, an IT training room with 16 computer workstations , a baker's gastronomy training area and a traditional bakery with a wood oven. The academy's restaurant has 100 seats. The guest house consists of 48 rooms with 80 beds. In October, the Academy announced in a press release on the occasion of the EU Awards that the associations of the bakery trade had decided on major modernizations and expansions.

Scientific Advisory Board

The academy has appointed a scientific advisory board to oversee the work of the academy itself as well as the German bread institute located there . It consists of renowned cereal and nutritionists as well as members of the board of directors and management. The advisory board usually meets three times a year.

The scientific advisory board is composed as follows (as of February 2016):

Training assignment

The Weinheim Academy is a state-recognized master school for bakers. The tasks also include professional training , such as B. the training business economist of the craft , branch manager, sales trainer, nutrition advisor in the bakery, certified sales manager in the food trade HWK and certified bread sommelier . In addition, day and module seminars are offered on all topics related to the bakery trade.

In 2016, 217 different training events were held, some of them on site ("in-house") in the bakery businesses .

Further tasks

Technical support for the Central Association of the German Bakers' Trade

The Federal Bakers 'Academy in Weinheim advises and supports the Central Association of the German Bakers' Trade in technical matters. In addition, she conducts major advanced training conferences for him and organizes competitions. The German championship of young bakers should be mentioned here , in which the best nationwide graduates of the journeyman's examination first compete in regional competitions and then in the national competition in Weinheim. The winners will be prepared by the academy for the traditional European bakers' championship, which was held in Weinheim in 2011 and 2016, in both cases with a victory for the German team.

Training and administration of the German national bakery team

For the central association, the academy in the Weinheimer Waldschloss is also the training center and administrative headquarters of the German national bakery team , which consists of 12 qualified master bakers. The team competes with great success in international baking competitions and also performs representative appearances, including a. on the political stage in Berlin as well as abroad. Members of the national baker team are determined by the German championship of master bakers (not to be confused with the youth competition), which is organized every three years by the academy. The finale always takes place at the “ iba ” world baking fair .

Office of the German Bread Institute

Since 2009, the academy has been responsible for the bread testing and advisory service of the bakery trade, which was founded in the 1950s. The association has been called the Deutsches Brotinstitut eV since 2016 and has been based in Berlin since then. The office is still located at the Academy in Weinheim.

ADB-Verbund: Akademie Deutsches Bäckerhandwerk

The 16 national guild associations of the bakery trade as well as the central association of the German bakery trade founded the informal association " Akademie Deutsches Bäckerhandwerk " (ADB) in 2006 and bundled their advisory and training activities in it. Since then, the Bundesfachschule Weinheim has been operating under the name Akademie Deutsches Bäckerhandwerk Weinheim eV and, as a central educational institution, takes on coordinating tasks within the ADB group.

In addition to the Federal Bakers 'Academy in Weinheim, the ADB association includes the following state academies, which are sponsored by the respective regional bakers' guild association:

Bakers' associations without their own technical college also hold seminars within the ADB.

The academy in Weinheim forms the "ADB Competence Center South-West" with the regional baker associations of Baden, Hesse, Württemberg, Southwest and Saarland. Joint events are the annual business management conference and the training conference.

Awards

In December 2015, the Academy in Stuttgart was awarded the Baden-Württemberg State Training Prize, awarded by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economics.

In October 2019 the academy received the European training award "Vocational Excellence Awards" from EU Commissioner Marianne Thyssen in Helsinki . The prize was awarded for the fourth time and in four categories. He went to Germany for the first time. After being nominated by an international jury of experts, a Europe-wide online voting contributed to the final decision. Over 15,000 people took part. 25 finalists from 19 European countries were invited to the Finnish capital for the European Vocational Training Week, where the winners were announced. The academy in Weinheim received the EU award in the “Innovative Vocational Education and Training Provider Award” category.

Partnerships

The academy maintains partnerships with educational institutions in Germany and other countries. A partnership agreement exists with the following international educational institutions (as of October 2019):

  • Institut National de la Boulangerie in Rouen / France
  • Higher technical college (HTL) in Wels / Austria
  • Japan Institute of Baking Technology JIBT in Tokyo / Japan
  • Cake and Confection College NKS in Tokyo / Japan
  • ISMEK Istanbul / Turkey
  • ICB International Center of Baking in Lagos / Nigeria

In addition, the academy is supported by numerous partners from the business world , including almost all well-known oven manufacturers, bakery machine manufacturers and raw material suppliers to the bakery trade .

literature

  • Jana Gioia Baurmann: German Strudel. Bakers from all over the world study German craftsmanship at an academy in Weinheim, in: Die Zeit No. 30, July 18, 2013, p. 24.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://ec.europa.eu/social/vocational-skills-week/awards-vet-excellence-2019_en

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