{"id":21989,"date":"2023-02-28T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T09:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=21989"},"modified":"2023-02-28T10:28:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T09:28:55","slug":"meissen-fummel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/germany\/saxony\/meissen\/meissen-fummel\/","title":{"rendered":"Meissen Fummel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Once upon a time \u2026 that’s how the story about the Meissen Fummel begins. You soon find out exactly what it’s all about when you’re out and about in the Saxon city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
There was a time when the Saxon Elector sent his messengers across the country with numerous orders. They rode on their horses with messages also to other states and federal provinces, naturally stopping off for a break in an inn from time to time. The messengers also liked to stop off in Meissen. But they not only fortified themselves, they also got drunk too often. In this condition, they were unable to continue riding and the messages arrived at the recipient with great delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A courier regularly travelled between Dresden and Meissen who had nothing against drinking Meissen wine. He must not have done his job particularly well, because the Elector was so dissatisfied that he thought of a way to stop the messenger from drinking and riding while drunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He ordered the bakers in Meissen to create a very fragile pastry. Each messenger was given this pastry during his break at the inn, with the order to deliver it intact to the Elector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n