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The Confectionery Factory "Kopernik" is a firm producing gingerbread and other sweets, based in Toruń, Poland. Its headquarters is located at 34 Stanisława Żółkiewskiego street in Toruń. [ 1 ] Still operating today, it is the oldest confectionery company in Poland , [ 2 ] established in 1763.
Interior of a Toruń gingerbread-dedicated shop in Poland. There are two main producers of Toruń gingerbread: the confectionery factory "Kopernik" S.A., and the Toruń Bakery. The first upholds its legal rights to the brand name and is the successor to a company that was founded in 1763 by Johann Weese. [11]
Kopernik traces it roots to a gingerbread workshop established in 1763 by Johann Weese. The museum is located in the former factory building, built by Weese family in 1885. [2] Earlier, the District Museum's collection of gingerbread-related artifacts was displayed in the cellars of the Copernicus House in Toruń. [3]
Throughout the whole show visitors are guided by the master of bakery, a gingerbread witch and the craftsmen. [3] The museum is located on 9, Rabiańska Strett, in an early 19th-century granary, and visitors also participate in flour production using millstones. The museum forms part of the gingerbread tradition still living in town. [4]
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Gingerbread was a popular treat at medieval European festivals and fairs, and there were even dedicated gingerbread fairs. [ 5 ] The first documented trade of gingerbread biscuits in England dates to the 16th century, [ 9 ] where they were sold in monasteries, pharmacies, and town square farmers' markets.
The company rebuilt the factory on the same site, and reopened the expanded factory in 1881, with capacity to exceed that of the Connecticut factory - which closed completely in 1883. By 1886, the company had sales offices in New York, Chicago and London, and more than 225 different clock models were being manufactured.
Copernicus Street used to be called St. Anna Street. On June 1, 1971, the Polish Post issued a postage stamp depicting the Copernicus House in Toruń with the face value of 40 gr, in the series "Na szlaku Kopernika" (on Copernicus' trail).