Schwartau gingerbread house
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The Schwartauer Pfefferkuchenhaus was a bakery in Bad Schwartau in Schleswig-Holstein that was operated for three generations .
It was known for the gingerbreads made there , which were very popular with day trippers visiting Schwartau in the 19th century (and known nationwide as " Schwartauer Pfeffernuss ").
The “Schwartauer Pfefferkuchenhaus” was immortalized in a literary way by Thomas Mann in the novel Die Buddenbrooks (6th section). On the excursion to Schwartau described there, the Buddenbrooks buy "several large bags full of pepper nuts" there.
It also became known through multiple visits by Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, the later Emperor Friedrich III - u. a. 1845 together with his tutor Ernst Curtius , 1867 with his wife Victoria .
The bakery building, a single - storey half-timbered house with a half- hipped roof on the south side of the Schwartau market square, has not existed since 1926. There is a commemorative plaque on the office building located there today. In addition to being Advent of truss-floor plan of the "Schwartau gingerbread house" as Advent erected on the building.
Others
Encouraged by the success, other bakeries in Bad Schwartau also produced pepper nuts.
literature
- Max Steen : Bad Schwartau - Past and present . Lübeck 1973 (including: The Schwartauer Pfefferkuchenhaus )
- Uwe Bremse: Bad Schwartau then and now . Zaltbommel (Netherlands) 1989
Coordinates: 53 ° 55 '8.9 " N , 10 ° 41' 52.4" E