For 47 years, Monika (69) and Peter Jüdel (73) have been buying their rolls three times a week at the Siebert bakery in Prenzlauer Berg. This prides itself on being the oldest in Berlin at 116 years old.
We’re older than Adlon and older than KaDeWe,” says master baker Lars Siebert (63). They are now a real bakery dynasty.
It was founded in 1906 by the great-great-grandfather of Dr. Anne Siebert (36). The economist and environmental scientist was already glazing crumbled snails in the bakery when she was eight during the school holidays. She is the 5th generation to run the bakery.
“My father still lived here,” she says, pointing to the passage from the shop to the bakery.
It was tight back then when her ancestor Gustav moved into his bakery on Schönfflisser Strasse at the beginning of the 20th century. “He originally came from Schönfliess. That’s why he wanted to open his bakery on this very street,” says Lars Siebert. “Back then, everything here was still new construction.” It was only last year that he transferred the business to his daughter.
Her husband Ulrich Kienzl (42), a linguist from South Tyrol, completed an apprenticeship as a baker after completing his studies. “We saw a purpose here and we can work together,” he says.
Bodo Siebert (87) also grew up in the bakery and was the boss here in GDR times. “It was often difficult to get hold of the ingredients,” he says. Nevertheless, in 1963 he succeeded in introducing a new product: the Swiss bee sting. It still exists today. But why Swiss bee sting? “The child had to have a name,” he says mischievously.
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And when the great-grandchildren Emil (4) and Enia (2) cannot go to kindergarten, they play with dad, mom, grandma and grandpa. Does Emil want to be a baker too? “No,” he says. “I’m going to be a footballer.”
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