Dresden - A tradition of pleasure

For the people of Dresden Elbland the quality of life is important, and not just since yesterday. We will show you which important inventions started here, and which creative geniuses brought forth which culinary delights.

Release time : 2018-08-01 17:49:37

source : Dresden Marketing

(Source: Dresden Marketing)

For the people of Dresden Elbland the quality of life is important, and not just since yesterday. We will show you which important inventions started here, and which creative geniuses brought forth which culinary delights.

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For the longest time, the Swiss were considered to be the inventors of our much-loved milk chocolate. But it was actually Gottfried Jordan and August Friedrich Timaeus with their Saxon “Chocolate and Chicory Factory Jordan Timaeus” who got there first in 1839. Reports say the original recipes called for the chocolate to be made out of cocoa, sugar and donkey’s milk. And then there is the famous sweet bread “Dresdner Christstollen” as well as “Dresdner Russisch Brot” which have their roots in the metropolis on the Elbe River. For the latter, Friedrich Wilhelm Hanke oriented himself on a way of baking that came from St. Petersburg and created a Dresden version in 1844. Dr. Quendt’s café “Weitblick” continues this Dresden baking tradition and not only provides you with regional delicacies but also with a wonderful view of the city.

MEISSEN Porcelain was invented in Dresden in 1708 by the alchemist Johann Friedrich Böttger while he was trying to manufacture gold on the behest of Augustus the Strong. Visit the Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen and submerge yourself in a world of valuable treasures - in the exhibition workshops or in the MEISSEN Porcelain Museum. In addition to lovingly presented showpieces of the permanent exhibition, the special exhibition of 2018 has a very special focus: it looks at the fascinating history of the onion pattern that to the present day is and remains one of the most popular designs (on till 31 Dec. 2018).

In 2019 the museum will be looking at the origins of Saxon porcelain - with a special exhibition on Johann Friedrich Böttger on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of his death