Dresden Stollen festival Stollen

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augustus ii strong, louis de silvestre


every year stollenfest takes place in dresden. historical tradition ended in 1918 fall of monarchy, , started again in 1994, idea comes dresden’s history.


dresden’s christmas market, striezelmarkt, mentioned in chronicles first time in 1474.


the tradition of baking christmas stollen in dresden old. christmas stollen in dresden baked in 15th century.


in 1560, bakers of dresden offered rulers of saxony christmas stollen weighing 36 pounds each gift, , custom continued.


augustus ii strong (1670–1733) elector of saxony, king of poland , grand duke of lithuania. king loved pomp, luxury, splendour , feasts. in 1730, impressed subjects, ordering bakers’ guild of dresden make giant 1.7-tonne stollen, big enough have portion eat. there around 24,000 guests taking part in festivities on occasion of legendary amusement festivity known zeithainer lustlager. special occasion, court architect matthäus daniel pöppelmann (1662–1737), built particularly oversized stollen oven. oversized stollen knife had been designed solely occasion.


today, festival takes place on saturday before second sunday in advent, , cake weighs between 3 , 4 tonnes. carriage takes cake in parade through streets of dresden christmas market, ceremoniously cut pieces , distributed among crowd, small sum goes charity. special knife, grand dresden stollen knife, silver-plated knife, 1.60 meters long weighing 12 kg, copy of lost baroque original knife 1730, used festively cut oversize stollen @ dresden christmas fair.


the largest stollen baked in 2010 lidl; 752.1 meters long , certified guinness book of world records, @ train station of haarlem.








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