What Wicklein is known for
Wicklein has baked Original Nuremberg gingerbread since 1615, over 400 years of continuous production alongside newer creations like its vegan cinnamon-oat Vital Biscuits. Since 2025 it has funded a Sumatra reforestation project planting 4,000 cassia cinnamon trees a year, more than its own consumption, and sells from its Lebküchnerei on Nuremberg's Hauptmarkt.
Wicklein has baked what it calls Original Nuremberg gingerbread since 1615, a run of more than four centuries in the same city and, largely, the same trade. The bakery pairs its historic recipes, built on selected spices and traditional baking craft tied specifically to Nuremberg's gingerbread heritage, with newer additions such as a vegan cinnamon-oat Vital Biscuit aimed at customers outside its traditional base.
Since 2025 the company has funded a reforestation partnership in Sumatra, planting 4,000 cassia cinnamon trees a year, more cinnamon trees than Wicklein itself consumes, while supporting training in sustainable land management and local livelihoods around the plantations. It is a supply-chain commitment tied directly to the spice at the center of the bakery's core product.
Wicklein sells both through its website and its Lebküchnerei, a dedicated gingerbread bakery and shop on Nuremberg's Hauptmarkt, the city's central market square, putting a four-hundred-year-old product back at the geographic center of the city where it originated.
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