Krönner

Krönner has operated as a family confiserie and chocolatier since 1759, and the business is now run by the ninth generation of the Krönner family, with current contacts Franz Krönner and Antonia Pfefferle listed on the company's own site. The main shop sits at Achenfeldstrasse 1 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, with sister locations extending the family business to Straubing and Murnau, all in Bavaria. Production is described as handwerkliche Fertigung, artisanal, handworked production, using high-quality natural ingredients and deliberately avoiding additives and preservatives; the range includes sugar-free chocolate and vegan options alongside the traditional line. Signature items include Baumkuchen, described on the site as a soft butter biscuit baked in individual layers, along with hand-made pralines and truffles. The family's history has drawn outside attention too: a Bavarian public-television documentary, 'Unter unserem Himmel: Vom Lebzelter zum Chocolatier' ('From Gingerbread Baker to Chocolatier'), covered the business's transition across generations. Across nearly 270 years and nine generations, Krönner frames itself less as a shop that happens to be old and more as a family craft that has adapted, from Lebzelter to chocolatier, while staying in the same hands.