Annegret Witzlau's ceramics atelier in Marburg-Wehrda produces and sells handmade pottery, from lettered pots and tableware to communion sets and garden pieces. The open workshop welcomes visitors on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and also runs throwing courses and modelling workshops.
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La Manufacture d'Anouk hand-makes organic chocolates and pralines in Marburg's old town, certified under EU organic code DE-Öko-064. Its case rotates daily through more than 70 cakes and tortes, including a signature Death by Chocolate.
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On Barfüßerstraße in Marburg's old town, La Manufacture d'Anouk operates as both a confiserie and a patisserie, a combination that shows up in a case rotating daily through more than 70 cakes and tortes alongside handmade chocolates and pralines. The bakery is certified organic under the EU code DE-Öko-064, and that certification runs through the full ingredient list rather than a single headline item: chocolate, milk, cream, coffee, flour, sugar and butter are all sourced from organic supply chains. Production stays handworked rather than mechanized, a point the business makes directly on its own site, pushing back against the idea that organic sourcing and refined presentation are in tension with each other. Among the rotating case, one fixture recurs often enough to function as a signature rather than a one-off: a cocoa-topped cake called Death by Chocolate. There is seating for coffee and cake inside the old-town shop, alongside a takeaway counter for the chocolates and pralines, open six days a week, Monday to Friday from 10:30 to 6pm and Saturday mornings, and closed Sundays and holidays.
A small Marburg coffee roastery run by four founders, roasting, sorting and packing single-origin beans by hand at Alte Kasseler Str. 27. It sells its roasts and a barista course through its online shop and pours coffee at its RoestRaum and Kaffeekaestchen locations.
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Buchhandlung Roter Stern is an independent Marburg bookshop at Am Gruen 28-30, open Monday to Saturday and long serving as the local partner bookshop of Hessischer Rundfunk's hr2 culture programme. It offers reading recommendations in-store and an online shop for ordering books.
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