The new Zellertal Reisen bus

Zellertal Reisen's new bus

Sunday March 15th was "Open Day" for the new Zellertal Reisen bus in the Drachselsried Dorfplatz. Sekt and small refreshments, along with good weather provided the opportunity for local people to talk to the management team and inspect the new bus added to the growing companies fleet.

Lucky people get a test drive

More information on Drachselsried

Bavarian Forest Nature Park

There is a difference between the Nature Park and the National Park. Both are in the south eastern park of Germany. National Parks are protect wild life areas and are strictly controlled. The Nature Park is an area covering towns and villages from the Danube to the Czech border, and is possibly the largest Nature Park in Germany.

Drachselsried is in the middle between the Danube and the Czech border, and benefits from the large surrounding forest, with very good air quality, high living standards and friendly people.

To know more about the Bavarian Forest Nature Park follow the link.

Freshly baked bread, every Saturday in Drachselsried

Every Saturday, summer and winter, bread is baked using the traditional Bavarian method in Drachselsried.  Bread has been baked like this for more than hundred years. The photos show a mobile and a standard baking oven.

A wood fire is the first step, to heat the oven to the correct baking temperature, the remaining wood and ash are removed, the hot stones are cleaned ready for baking. Baking the bread takes about one hour fifteen, to an hour thirty minutes.

Clearing the burnt wood from the oven

Ready prepared bread mixture

Marking the bread with a cross

The Bread is ready for baking

The freshly baked bread is ready.

Waiting for the customers.

A son of the baking couple built this traditional "Backofen" Backing Oven. For German viewers the link is www.ofenbau-zelzer.de 

Drachselsried Maypole

On May 1st Drachselsried used the traditional method to raise the village Maypole or Maibaum. A team of horses, brought the fresh tree, already prepared the Bavarian way to the village centre. A team of volunteers, including members of the local Fire Station, used a techniques which has been used for many years. The tractor you see in one photo is only there for safety, with a cable to the Maypole, just in case.

Local Leberkäse

One advantage of living in the countryside is the quality of local food and beer. The local village butcher (Metzgerei) called Sturm, has an excellent Leberkäse and sausages.

New Drachselsried video

I have just uploaded a video for the "Zellertaler Weinfreunde" in Deutsch at http://weinfreunde-zellertal.blogspot.com/