Wetzel - Karlovy Vary wafer and wafer factory
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1948 |
| Seat | Dillingen on the Danube |
| management | Christian Deisenhofer, Karolina Ernst |
| Number of employees | 50 employees (2013) |
| sales | 4 million euros (2012) |
| Branch | food |
| Website | wetzel-oblaten.jimdo.com |
The Wetzel - Carlsbad cachets and Waffle Factory GmbH is a Oblates - and waffle bakery in Dillingen . Wetzel is the market leader in Germany in the field of wafer production.
history
In 1923 Lieselotte Denk and Wilhelm founded Café Engel in Marienbad . According to the recipe of the Reichenbach monks , wafers were filled with butter, sugar, almonds and hazelnuts and baked. Café Engel grew rapidly in the years between the two world wars and supplied other cafes in the spa triangle with Marienbad and Karlsbader wafers. After the end of the war, Marlene Wetzel (1922–2019) had to leave Marienbad as part of the expulsion of the Sudeten Germans and emigrated to Dillingen on the Danube. Here she founded the Wetzel - Karlsbader Oblaten- und Waffelfabrik GmbH together with Hans Hackspacher in 1948. In the 1960s, Marlene Wetzel, Bavaria's first female confectioner, decided to use more machines for the factory production of wafers and wafers. This marked the beginning of the company's rise to become the wafer market leader. In the period between 1980 and 2000, various companies were acquired and the company Bavaria Kerzen was founded. In 1992 Hans Hackspacher senior died. and his son Hans Hackspacher and Marlene Wetzel-Hackspacher took over the management. In August 2017, Hans Hackspacher Jr. died, Christian Deisenhofer and Karolina Ernst took over the management.
In 1982, Marlene Wetzel-Hackspacher was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon for her entrepreneurial achievements . In April 1983 she was the first woman in the Free State to be awarded the certificate of honor for services to the development of the Bavarian economy. The city of Dillingen made her an honorary citizen in 2003.
Carlsbad wafer dispute
Since the mid-2000s there has been a dispute between Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic over the name Karlsbader Oblate . In 2011 the EU decided that the Czech name “Karlovarské oplatky” should be protected as a geographical indication. The German and Austrian manufacturers are given a five-year period during which they can continue to use the German name "Karlsbader Oblaten". Manufacturers who have legally protected the German name may continue to use the name regardless of the deadline. Wetzel - Karlsbader Oblaten- und Waffelfabrik is the only company in Germany that is still allowed to produce and sell Karlsbader wafers.
Web links
- Karlsbader Oblaten from Bavaria In: Prager Zeitung , February 17, 2016
- Company website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Donauzeitung; October 2017; Number 242; on-line
- ↑ a b Sudeten Germans in Bavaria: Queen of Oblates , Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 19, 2013
- ↑ a b Name "Karlsbader Oblaten": End of the oblate dispute in sight , Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 30, 2011
- ↑ User report Karlsbader wafer and wafer factory, Dillingen Computerwoche
- ↑ a b Dillingen: Mourning for Hans Hackspacher , Augsburger Allgemeine , August 2, 2017
- ↑ "The boss" will be 90 tomorrow . Augsburger Allgemeine, June 10, 2012
- ^ Karlovy Vary wafers: sweet delicacies that have proven themselves , czechtourism.com
- ↑ Friendship ends with Karlsbader Oblaten , mz-web.de, December 4, 2007
- ^ New round in the dispute over the Karlsbader Oblaten , Augsburger Allgemeine, December 4, 2007
- ^ Controversy over home law for Karlsbader Oblaten , welt.de , December 12, 2005
- ^ EU bureaucracy: dispute over cheese and Karlsbader wafers , mz-web.de, November 24, 2005
- ↑ EU recognizes Karlovy Vary wafers as a Czech specialty , radio.cz, May 27, 2011