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December 16, 1974. The Sturgis Pretzel House of Lititz, Pennsylvania, founded in 1861, [2] is the oldest commercial pretzel bakery in the United States. [3] [4] The Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery remains active in pretzel production and is a tourist attraction.
Even with the varieties of pretzel goodness offered, the traditional version of Hersheypark soft pretzel remains ever-popular: During the 2021 season alone, Hersheypark sold more than 150,000 hand ...
According to the folks at Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery, Palatine German immigrants (now known as the Pennsylvania Dutch) brought pretzels with them to the New World as early as 1710. However, it ...
Hard pretzels originated in the United States, where, in 1850, the Sturgis bakery in Lititz, Pennsylvania, became the first commercial hard pretzel bakery. Snack food hard pretzels are made in the form of loops, braids, letters, little pretzels, or sticks around 3 millimetres (1 ⁄ 8 in) thick and 12 centimetres (5 in) long; they have become a ...
The Pretzel Belt, or Pennsylvania Snack Belt, is a concentration of pretzel and snack food makers in the central southeastern region of Pennsylvania, roughly coterminous with Pennsylvania Dutch Country. [1][2][3] The first commercial pretzel manufacturer in the United States, the Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery, was founded in the region in the ...
It is unlikely the hobo story ever occurred. All bakers in the area were baking soft pretzels in 1850. The creation of the hard pretzel was more likely an accident of soft pretzels left in the ovens overnight. More likely, what Julius Sturgis contributed to the art was the commercialization of hard pretzels.
The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.91. In Lititz, the population was spread out, with 23.0% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 21.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years.
c. 1755-c. 1930. Architectural style. Early Commercial, Late Victorian, Federal. NRHP reference No. 86001030 [1] Added to NRHP. May 9, 1986. The Lititz Moravian Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.