** Tins of Taste Museum (TTM) ** within NationalBreadMuseum.org
GERMANY - H to N Lebkuchen Companies w/Tins
Scrolling & Strolling through the TTM of Lithographed Lebkuchen Tins
(Last revised June 17, 2026)
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Bold & underlined name = It has its own web page of tins.
Italicized green bold = Tins are on this page. (scroll down)
^^ before the name = It's still in business today.
Names marked with *# = Tins of Taste Museum does not have a tin, yet! There are 7.
NOTE: If any information should be corrected, etc., PLEASE send info to breadmuseum@aol.com. Thanks!
H - K
1 ~Hans Schneider*#
2 ~ Hildebrand's*#
3 ~Hopfner Druck
4 ~Hutner
5 ~JGH Lotter*#
6 ~Joseph Wolf
7 ~^^Kafer
8 ~Karl B*A*R & Karl Baer & Zucker Bar
9 ~Keim & Co.
10 ~^^Komm (& Urlich Komm)
K - N
11 ~Konditerei ALBRECHT*#
12 ~Kremmling*#
13 ~^^Kreutzkamm GmbH Conditorei*#
^^Lambertz
14 ~^^Lebe Gesund
15 ~^^Leupoldt
16 ~Mark Graf
17 ~Martin Wirsing - Bayreuth*#
18 ~Michael Stich- Dinkelsbühl
^^Nusselt
H
3 ~ Hopfner Druck
There is no information on the internet about this company. I'll have to wait and depend on someone in Germany or elsewhere, who has knowledge of this company, to send some information about it's history.
4 ~ Hutner
No information can be found.
Quite an amazing tin in shape, color, & design! I wonder how many other Hutner tins are around?
The front/back & side panel designs repeat.
K
7 ~ Kafer
There's a website for this company, & it seems as if their main product is the decorated (i.e. frosted) large heart-shaped Lebkuchen with ribbon neck-strings that are sold by the thousands during the Christkindlesmarkt season in Germany & elsewhere, today, around the world.
https://www.feinkost-kaefer.de/collections/lebkuchen
On Amazon, this tin shows up with a photo of 6 Lebkuchen which it said became available in October 2024.
8 ~ KARL B˙A˙R
or KARL BAER
& Zucker Bar
<--- Note the "Z K B" at the bottom in the logo.
Up until a certain time (the 1970s? - '80s?) the covers were of a band of tin with a seam, just as were the tins.
Note an "autograph mark" to the left of the seam.--->
Photo-ing always begins with the cover, then with the seam-to-the-left, & turning the tin clockwise.
The following website states: The gingerbread and sugar confectionery factory Karl Bär (Zucker-Bär) was located in Nuremberg (Rothenburger Straße corner Holzschuherstraße).
https://www.veikkos-archiv.com/index.php?title=Karl_B%C3%A4r
A European newspaper had an article in 2023 which was about: "How the confectionery manufacturer Karl Bär made a fortune with licorice, candies and gingerbread: first in Ulm and then even in Nuremberg." There's an image of a Karl Bar letterhead, but the title of the article is extremely distasteful as translated! I don't know how to open this article, so maybe someone, someday, will send me a copy via email👍🙏.
https://www.swp.de/lokales/ulm/bonbons_-lakritz-und-lebkuchen-aus-ulm-wie-der-_baerendreck_-erfunden-wurde-72185081.html
Zucker Bar
(i.e. Sugar Bear)
Same logo - - different name! The K Z B bear logo is also attached to this " Zucker Bär" name! I wonder which came first, and are there other tins by this company?
Note: A great many of the round tins repeat the information on both the top rim of the tin and the band of the cover.
L
10 ~ Komm, Urlich
4th generation baker family
Since 1921 - - - Today it's the "Komm Bakery and Confectionery" in the "picturesque monastery town of Ettal."
Also, in Oberammergau.
https://baeckerei-komm-ettal.de/ueber-uns/
This tin holds 5 Lebkuchen and in the "Muesli Confectionery" link in the "SHOP" tab, it's 19,00 € + S&H. (On their website - Sept. 2025) A 5-pack bag is 13,50 € , so the tin is roughly 5,50 €.
15 ~ Leupoldt
Lebkuchen Manufacturers since 1905
Leupoldt Lebkuchen is in business today in the town of Bad Weißenstadt, northeast of Nurnberg. In their catalog they have one other tin, red with a nutcracker man on it which is unique. I imagine they might carry these two designs of tins, repeating with their yearly seasonal production. (www.leupoldt.de)
M
16 ~ Mark Graf
Currently, I don't have any information on this company, tin, etc.
Bought off the German eBay in 2025, this tin is 3.24" x 4.5" x 5"; $9.80 + $4.30 S&H; (TTM#4425)
18 ~ Michael Stich- Dinkelsbühl
This is a tin of past years from a company of past years. I've found no Lebkuchen history info on the internet for either Michael Stich or the town of Dinkelsbühl.
This tin came from a seller in the U.S.
It is very colorful, and all the worn spots are a result of moisture conditions through the years.
Dinkelsbühl is one of the picturesque medieval towns along the "Romantic Highway" in the central, southern half of Germany, with the old town area completely surrounded by a wall!
