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Baltic German Foodways

Historical period

The German-speaking nobility, clergy and burghers who ran Livonia, Courland and Estonia for seven centuries: manor kitchens, Riga and Tallinn town houses, German cookbooks adapted to local fish and grain, beer and coffee culture. ⚠ THEIR OWN LAYER, not Latvian or Estonian food. Almost all were resettled to Germany in 1939.

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Communities and languages

  • Baltic German community documented
  • Baltic Germans community documented

Languages: German

What is recorded

  • Baltic German foodways is its own historical layer, belonging to the German-speaking elite of Livonia, Courland and Estonia rather than to Latvian or Estonian food. Almost the entire community was resettled to Germany in 1939. documented

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