Author:adminguidophoto
Hardly anyone in Saarbrücken is unfamiliar with the figure of the miserly baker on the castle wall and the legend behind it.
Anyone interested in the history of Saarbrücken will find the Moonlight Tour for Connoisseurs, organized by Hotel Leidinger, an experience well worth taking.
Hermann Hesse's bizarre reading at the Tonhalle in Saarbrücken in 1912: beer music, a disappointed audience, and an anecdote that made literary history.
How two flintlock pistols made by Saarbrücken gunsmith Jacob Walster came into the possession of George Washington.
With Zwiwwelschmeer — literally “onion grease” — the name says it all: it’s a wonderfully messy, extremely tasty, and hearty dish.
The Saarbrücker Zeitung was founded by Bernhard Gottfried Hofer, whose descendants still live in Saarbrücken today.
Dibbelabbes (or Schales) is probably the most famous dish from the Saarland. It’s a hearty potato casserole.
The previously described “Mehlknepp” (flour dumplings) are mixed with boiled potatoes and a bacon-cream sauce — thus, they are “married.”
Gefillde, literally “the filled ones,” are dumplings stuffed with liver sausage and/or minced meat.
In the Saarland, “Knepp” means dumplings. So-called “Mehlknepp” are flour dumplings, which are often served as a side dish.
