Georg Gräfe Pulsnitzer gingerbread

Georg Gräfe Pulsnitzer Pfefferkuchen GmbH & Co. KG
legal form	GmbH & Co. KG
founding	October 1, 1909
Seat	Pulsnitz , Germany
management	Jürgen Nitsche
Number of employees	9
Website	www.pfefferkuchen-pulsnitz.com

The George Graefe Pulsnitzer gingerbread GmbH & Co. KG is a manufacturer of Pulsnitzer gingerbread and variants of gingerbread .

history

The Pfefferküchlerei "Georg Gräfe Pulsnitzer Pfefferkuchen" was founded on October 1st, 1909 by Richard Georg Gräfe, the grandfather of today's owner Jürgen Nitsche, in Pulsnitz. In 1914, at the age of 31, Gräfe passed his master craftsman examination in the “gingerbread town” of Pulsnitz. His macaroon and Elisen gingerbreads enjoyed great popularity and he was one of the first Pulsnitzers to buy a car, which enabled him to serve the markets in Upper Lusatia . In addition to the Christmas business, his products were also sold at “Neukircher Schießen”, “ Lorenzmarkt ” near Strehla and in Bautzen . In addition, Richard Georg Gräfe already offered his goods to order by post. After Gräfe and his wife had run the business for over 40 years, the business had to be given up on August 31, 1950 for health reasons. Since there was no successor, the shop was closed for three years.

From September 1953, the founder's daughter, Ruth Nitsche, continued to run the business and also started producing pasta . From July 1961, her son Jürgen took over and reopened the Georg Gräfe Pfefferküchlerei. Until the end of the GDR , raw materials were constantly scarce and entrepreneurship was reluctant to be seen. The name Pulsnitzer Pfefferkuchen has been protected as a trademark of BÄKO Ost eG since 1992 . This trademark is also used by the Gräfe company.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his master's title in 2008, the company owner was awarded the “Golden Master's Certificate”. The company has been offering its products regularly on the Dresden Striezelmarkt for many years .

Products

Production takes place in the parent company, which was expanded in 1994 with an extension. Since then, the company has taken part in the International Confectionery Fair in Cologne several times with its own stand .

The range of the medium-sized family business comprises around 30 varieties, including filled, unfilled, glazed , topped and garnished gingerbread, which are baked by hand according to traditional recipes .

The main products include

"Filled chocolate tips"
" Honey cake "
"Saxon sauce-gingerbread"
" Paving stones "
"Alpenbrot" (similar to gastric bread )
"Chocolate Pepper Cake"
Saying hearts and characters
Elisenlebkuchen and
Macaroons

Web links

Georg Gräfe Pfefferküchlerei

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Dietmar Sehn: All about the gingerbread. Most of the Pfefferküchlerei in Pulsnitz can look back on a long family tradition . In: Dresdner Latest News . October 30, 2017, p. 14 ( digitized at press reader ).
↑ Information on the trademark "Pulsnitzer Pfefferkuchen" in the register of the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA)
↑ 100 years of Georg Gräfe Pulsnitzer Pfefferkuchen.
↑ Striezelmarkt dealer list (PDF; 73 kB).

[dnn2017-1] Dietmar Sehn: All about the gingerbread. Most of the Pfefferküchlerei in Pulsnitz can look back on a long family tradition . In: Dresdner Latest News . October 30, 2017, p. 14 ( digitized at press reader ).

[2] Information on the trademark "Pulsnitzer Pfefferkuchen" in the register of the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA)

[3] 100 years of Georg Gräfe Pulsnitzer Pfefferkuchen.

[4] Striezelmarkt dealer list (PDF; 73 kB).