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While the Brezeln look great, I wonder why the blog post says nothing about the typical 'black bread' or Pumpernickel many Germans love so much:

- https://www.omas-schwarzbrot.de/media/image/9e/b2/d2/Veggie-...

- https://images.eatsmarter.de/sites/default/files/styles/face...

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As a German, I think this is a myth. Black bread/pumpernickel are only to be found in some regions of Germany, and even there, it’s not very popular among people younger than retirement age.

I also think it's a myth and more popular because of its name than because of actual consumption. There's just such a wide range of whole-grain, Mehrkorn (sorry, no idea how to translate that) and white bread that's different across all bakeries that it's hard to find a single best-selling type of bread.

black bread is common in the north and can be found in variations from north germany to the baltics.

you can still find it in the south of germany and in austria, but there it is usually not freshly baked but sliced and packaged.

I live in the Hamburg area, and none of the local bakeries is offering black bread. It‘s common in northern Frisia, and eventually some areas in Schleswig-Holstein.

Actually, I think you are wrong. I mean, it depends on what you call a local bakery and what exactly you would define as black bread (I use a very loose definition), but to my knowledge most bakeries offer some kind of black bread and every super market has it (often not fresh).

Sure, the assortment of wheat based breads is larger and very small shops might not have it at all, but overall it is pretty common (the two bakeries within a 100m radius of my place both have it). However, if you are looking for top quality black bread you might be out of luck with your closest bakery, but should find a shop within a few kilometers. Just to give one example:

'Bäckerei Junge' is one of the common bakeries: https://www.jb.de/geschaeftefinder/

And one of their high quality black breads is the 'Kerne & Saaten': https://www.jb.de/produktfinder/aus/hamburg/in/brot/produkt/...

Maybe because it's a post about Brezeln, not Pumpernickel? (Sorry, couldn't resist)

Pumpernickel is more of a northern thing. Brezeln are mostly a southern thing. There are plenty more (and very different) things in-between too.

The common theme is bread in all forms and shapes you can think of.

Wrong Region. Pumpernickel is typical for Westfalia, so the Ruhr area and the Münsterland.

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