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Specialties
Pretzels, Pizzas, Bakes, Soft Drinks, Water, Drink Cans
History
Established in 1919.
In 1919, master baker Wilhelm Ditsch founded a bakery shop in the Romantic old town of Mainz. This master baker wanted to bake the best pretzels in the whole city of Mainz.
The founder’s son, Heinz Ditsch, also a master baker, took the bakery into its second generation. He perfected his father’s recipe, and soon Ditsch pretzels were famous well beyond the borders of Mainz. In order to meet the growing demand, «Pretzelmen» in white clothing were walking around Mainz and offering fresh pretzels in baskets in the streets and restaurants. In the mid-1970s, Heinz Ditsch specialised in the manufacture of his very successful pretzel pastries.