Stefan Blum

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Stefan Blum (born November 28, 1957   in Munich ) is a German miller and baker . He has become known as “Munich's last miller”. His Hofbräuhaus-Kunstmühle is adjacent to the Munich Hofbräuhaus , where it originally ground the malt for over 300 years .

life and work

After graduating from high school, Stefan Blum studied law because of the uncertain economic prospects of the family mill. In his free time he worked in the mill and in the former bread factory of his parents. He successfully passed the second state examination in law and is thus an assessor or “fully qualified lawyer”. In 1986 he joined his father Fritz Blum's business. In 2001 his father handed over the company to him.

Mill

Hofbräuhaus-Kunstmühle, 2013

In 1921 his great-grandfather Jakob Blum from Wiebelskirchen in Saarland bought the mill at the Hofbräuhaus and built in modern roller mills and plansifters (vibrating sieves) from Amme, Giesecke and Konegen . These machines were manufactured until 1986 and are still in use today. Since then, the Blums have been allowed to call their mill an art mill , as the term art mill meant the use of modern mill technology in the linguistic usage at the time . The mill was not destroyed in the Second World War . With the Verdolung and abandonment of the last rivers in the Munich metropolitan area because of the subway -Baus the drive had to Kunstmühle 1967 to switch from hydroelectric power to electric motors. After the Kraemer's art mill was closed in 2007, the Hofbräuhaus art mill is the last mill in Munich that has remained in operation.

Müller

As one of the few remaining German millers, Blum grinds a “handy” flour . The grain sizes are divided into smooth, universal, non-slip and double- grip . This means that Blum's grain is ground a little more coarsely than usual today. If the flour is sticky, the dough must rest a little so that it can stiffen. This gives each bread its very own sour, nutty aroma. However, this additional time is undesirable in large bakeries, which is why they usually only use "smooth" flour. That is why he increasingly specialized in niche products, which today are mainly accepted in the catering industry. Italian pizza bakers in particular appreciate the quality of their Tipo "00" wheat flour . Blum also grinds haze , it is a "double-handle flour" that can absorb a lot of water. It is particularly suitable for spaetzle and strudel .

Blum produces 2,000 tons of flour a year in ten different varieties. He gets his grain from around twenty farmers in the vicinity of Munich. Part of it now comes from organic farming .

baker

The mill had a bakery until 1900 . Today (2015) there are only a handful of mills left in Bavaria that operate a bakery. The increasing death of bakeries in downtown Munich made him want to found his own bakery. His bakery should combine the high quality of his flours with the high quality of the baked goods. Among other things, this meant dispensing with the artificial baking additives that have now become common, in order to achieve more volume, more taste or more firmness. For a natural flavoring of his bread and rolls, an indirect and long dough processing is sufficient .

In addition, the idea came up to offer historical, almost extinct Munich baked goods again, such as the Munich mouth roll, Munich beer pastries (such as Pfennigmuckerl and Maurerlaiberl), Riemischweckl (Riemische), milk horns and Munich black bread. He got the suggestion from the recipe book of his great-grandmother Elisabeth Wenig. All traditional Munich bread rolls are made from a mixed wheat dough with a significant proportion of rye flour . This means they have a longer shelf life and dry out much more slowly than wheat biscuits.

In autumn 2010 he opened his bakery on the ground floor of the mill and named it after his great-grandmother Elisabeth Knapp and master baker Rudolf Wenig, the originator of the recipes ( E. Knapp & R. Wenig ). The few baking machines ( kneading machine , dough dividing and sheeting machine) and the shop inventory date from around 1960. Customers can watch traditional baking with a lot of manual work behind a pane of glass. The bakery does not offer coffee as the intense smell of coffee would mask the aroma of the fresh baked goods.

various

Hofbräuhaus art mill with flour shop

The Blum family has also been running a flour shop for small and large consumers since 1988. Every Friday afternoon, Blum offers group tours through his mill.

For the annual Munich Oktoberfest Blum's family received the privilege as one of fourteen middlemen in a meadow marquee pretzels to be allowed to sell.

On May 19, 2017, Blum was elected to the 14-member board of the Association of German Mills (VDM).

Stefan Blum is married to his wife Martina for the second time, they have a son and a daughter. Stefan Blum has four more children from his first marriage.

Like his father, Blum has been a member of the Corps Bavaria Munich since 1978 .

Awards

Blum's flours and baked goods are recommended by Slow Food . In addition, the Convivium Munich from Slow Food recognized its baked goods as "very worth preserving" and recognized them as so-called "passengers in the ark of taste ."

Movies

  • The last miller in Munich. Documentary film, Germany, 2011, 44 min., Written and directed by Juri Köster, production: Sonne, Mond & Sterne Filmproduktion, BR , series: The last of their guild , first broadcast: October 3rd, 2011 on Bavarian television , summary by ARD , film excerpt .
  • Checker Tobi : The bread check. Children's knowledge broadcast, Germany, 2013, 25 min., Directors: Martin Tischner, Johannes Honsell, Imke Hansen, moderation: Tobias Krell, production: megaherz , BR , series: Checker Tobi , first broadcast: November 9, 2013 on KiKA , synopsis of television series. de .
  • The last miller in Munich. Documentary, Austria, 2014, 7:23 min., Production: megaherz , ServusTV , series: almost forgotten , first broadcast: October 10, 2014 on ServusTV, synopsis by ServusTV.
  • Munich's last mill. Documentary, Germany, 2018, 8:20 min., Production: Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche (Slow Food University), Internet publication: 10 September 2018 on YouTube, online video , interview with Blum and company tour.

Web links

Commons : Hofbräuhaus-Kunstmühle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kösener Corpslisten 1981, 104 , 1906
  2. ^ History. In: hb-kunstmuehle.de , accessed on August 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b Maren Heussler: Munich's last mill. In: hello Munich , October 8, 2008.
  4. ↑ a b c d e Jessica Baker: Two professions, one man: Baking is the miller's pleasure. In: Deutsche Handwerks Zeitung , April 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ a b c Blum in: The last miller in Munich. ( Memento from April 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: ServusTV , October 10, 2014.
  6. ↑ Anja Schuchardt: flour blessing to Munich. ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: Bioküche , July 9, 2013.
  7. ↑ a b c The last miller in Munich. In: ARD , October 3, 2011.
  8. ↑ a b c Blum in: Munich's last miller Stefan Blum. ( Memento from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: BR Heimat , August 6, 2015.
  9. ↑ a b Hofbräuhaus-Kunstmühle with Bakery K. & W. Munich. ( Memento from August 26, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ). In: Slow Food Germany , May 9, 2012.
  10. ^ Gerhard Kellner: Münchener Brotzeitsemmeln (Pfennigmuckerln). In: ketex.de , September 23, 2013, accessed on March 20, 2019.
  11. ↑ a b ried: “People love good bread.” In: Allgemeine BäckerZeitung , July 4, 2015; Photo: Blum with pastry assortment. ( Memento from August 27, 2015 in the web archive archive.today )
      Bakery. In: hb-kunstmuehle.de , accessed on August 26, 2015.
  12. ↑ Pia Ratzesberger: What smells there? Germans love their bread, but the bakeries that still make the dough themselves have been decreasing for years. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 13, 2019.
  13. ↑ guided tours. ( Memento from August 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: hb-kunstmuehle.de , accessed on August 26, 2015.
  14. ^ Association of German Mills: newly elected board. In: backwelt.de , June 2, 2017.
  15. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1981, 104 , 1629
  16. ^ Rudolf Böhler: New Munich Arche Passenger: The Munich Snack Rolls. In: Slow Food Munich , 2013, accessed on March 20, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Blum, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German miller and baker
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich