Teschow Manor Bakehouse

General information

The manor bakehouse, dating from the 19th century, was intended for the day labourers and servants of the manor. Baking was done weekly so that the oven did not get cold all year round.

The von Blücher family had their own oven in the palace.

Until the 20th century, a large part of the rural population of Mecklenburg supplied itself with food. The Teschow bakery continued to bake bread until 1935, when a baker from the town supplied the village with bread. The disused bakehouse remained as a secondary estate of the estate smithy. Cakes and rolls were not known until well into the 19th century. Mostly rye meal was processed into coarse black bread. When barley was added to one third, fine rye flour was obtained. This flour, together with wheat flour, was reserved for festive pastries, which only gained in importance after 1900. The residual heat from baking bread was later used to bake "platen cakes" (sheet cakes) on black plates in the oven. The yeast cakes were topped with sprinkles or sugar with lots of butter.

This tradition is revived on Ascension Day at the village fair. Depending on the season, there will be apple or plum tart and of course apple lard cakes as in the past are not to be missed. Further museum baking days around the smithy and the baking house follow in the season with coffee garden and music, candy making, stilt walking, boat swimming and much more.