--- title: "Fassade Riekes Honigkuchenfabrik" url: "https://www.mittelweser-tourism.com/poi/fassade-riekes-honigkuchenfabrik" description: "After 1910, the year in which the partner and independent baker Johannes Marschhausen joined the company, the honey cake bakery gradually developed into an industrial enterprise.Until its closure in 1978 the company enjoyed a wide reputation beyond the Achim city limits.The Achim monument to the Bremen Town Musicians in the \"honey cake gable\" shows a rooster, dog and cat above the two lower windows. The donkey was not immortalized as it had sunk the robbers' treasure in the well. A duck has been depicted in his place." language: "en" type: "Place" image: "https://dam.destination.one/213069/41588725dad9c6c4cda18bf2cbfdf7ac615d439642d020268419733993e2d4b1/.jpg" breadcrumb: "Root > Mittelweser > Special > Destination.Data Details > Poi" --- Share Fassade Riekes Honigkuchenfabrik ================================ - Historical building A half-timbered house with ornate clinker brick facades and wooden details against a blue sky in Lower Saxony. Half-timbered houses with red roofs and delicate ornamentation on a sunny market square. Rieke's honey cake factory was founded in 1862 by the baker Peter-Heinrich Rieke. After 1910, the year in which the partner and independent baker Johannes Marschhausen joined the company, the honey cake bakery gradually developed into an industrial enterprise. Until its closure in 1978 the company enjoyed a wide reputation beyond the Achim city limits. The Achim monument to the Bremen Town Musicians in the "honey cake gable" shows a rooster, dog and cat above the two lower windows. The donkey was not immortalized as it had sunk the robbers' treasure in the well. A duck has been depicted in his place. Read more Good to know ------------ Openings Exterior tour Read more Price info Free of charge Read more Author Mittelweser-Touristik GmbHLange Straße 18 31582 Nienburg/Weser Organization Mittelweser-Touristik GmbH License (master data) Mittelweser-Touristik GmbH Nearby ------ View on map - Event - Weekly market - Christmas market - Place of interest - Historical building - Historical building - Historical building - Tours 54.10 km - Bicycle 59.52 km - Bicycle 17.36 km - Bicycle Contact Obernstraße 59/ Fußgängerzone 28832 Achim