{"id":7158,"date":"2016-10-31T21:23:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T21:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=7158"},"modified":"2017-12-08T14:06:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T14:06:13","slug":"the-oldest-brezel-ever-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/the-oldest-brezel-ever-found\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oldest Brezel Ever Found"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Who doesn&#8217;t know them?\u00a0<em>Brezel\u00a0<\/em>(pretzels) are known worldwide mostly as a Bavarian delicacy. The salty dough product is super popular throughout Germany.\u00a0As it turns out now, not only its taste is superb, but also its best before date&#8230; How old is that oldest pretzel? Read on to find out!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 634px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/eND5g7\" aria-label=\"9060430276 69545055a4 B\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\"  alt=\"Lecker! (Image by Superscheeli at Flickr.com under license CC BY SA 2.0)\" width=\"624\" height=\"289\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5350\/9060430276_69545055a4_b.jpg\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lecker! (Image by Superscheeli at Flickr.com under license CC BY SA 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Where does the word\u00a0<em>Brezel\u00a0<\/em>even come from?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The word\u00a0<em>Brezel\u00a0<\/em>is not a common German word, nor is it similar to any other particular German word. It actually originates from the Latin word\u00a0<em>brachium.<\/em>\u00a0Through the years, this transformed into\u00a0<em>brezzila\u00a0<\/em>and then\u00a0into\u00a0<em>Brezel<\/em>.\u00a0The Latin word\u00a0<em>brachium\u00a0<\/em>means &#8220;arm&#8221;: The ends of the\u00a0<em>Brezel\u00a0<\/em>are crossed like arms. Makes sense!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The oldest\u00a0<em>Brezel\u00a0<\/em>in the world<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lecker schmecker! 250 Jahre alte verkohlte Brezel in Regensburg gefunden\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player.html?video=x2js2dw&#038;\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last year, <em>Archeologen\u00a0<\/em>(archaeologists) from Regensburg (just below Nuremberg) found some very old\u00a0<em>Backware\u00a0<\/em>(baked goods). They found the remains of a\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/untranslatable-german-words-versemmeln\/\">Semmel<\/a><\/em>, a <em>H\u00f6rnchen\u00a0<\/em>(croissant) and a\u00a0<em>Brezel<\/em> on the\u00a0<em>Grabungsst\u00e4tte\u00a0<\/em>(archaeological site)\u00a0<em>Donaumarkt\u00a0<\/em>(Danube Market).\u00a0\u00a0Against all odds, the\u00a0salty\u00a0<em>Brotzeit\u00a0<\/em>(snack) managed to survive for over 250 years. How?<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Backwaren\u00a0<\/em>were apparently <em>verkohlt\u00a0<\/em>(burnt) and so the\u00a018th century\u00a0<em>B\u00e4cker\u00a0<\/em>(baker) threw them away into a\u00a0<em>Abfallgrube\u00a0<\/em>(waste pit). This\u00a0<em>Grube\u00a0<\/em>was later overbuilt, and that is why the\u00a0<em>Brotzeit\u00a0<\/em>survived. It is now on display in the\u00a0<em>Historisches Museum von Regensburg\u00a0<\/em>(The Regensburg Museum of History).<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this is the oldest\u00a0<em>Brezel<\/em> found &#8211; but the\u00a0<em>Brezel\u00a0<\/em>has existed long before that. So it might just be that there are even older preserved ones! After all, the oldest\u00a0<em>Brot\u00a0<\/em>(bread) ever found is almost 6,000 years old, found in Switzerland. Nevertheless, this is an important\u00a0<em>Fund\u00a0<\/em>(find), because it reveals something about daily life at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Would you like to see the Brezel on display? Do you like Brezel? Have there been astonishing cultural finds in your area? Let me know in the comment section below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/9060430276_69545055a4_b-350x162.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/9060430276_69545055a4_b-350x162.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/9060430276_69545055a4_b-768x356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/9060430276_69545055a4_b.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Who doesn&#8217;t know them?\u00a0Brezel\u00a0(pretzels) are known worldwide mostly as a Bavarian delicacy. The salty dough product is super popular throughout Germany.\u00a0As it turns out now, not only its taste is superb, but also its best before date&#8230; How old is that oldest pretzel? Read on to find out! Where does the word\u00a0Brezel\u00a0even come from? 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