District Bautzen Elevation 290 m (950 ft) Population 7,805 (31 Dec 2008) | Municipal assoc. Pulsnitz Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Local time Thursday 5:56 AM | |
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Weather 10°C, Wind SW at 8 km/h, 86% Humidity Points of interest Museum Pfefferkuchen‑Schauwerkstatt, Keulenberg, Stadtmuseum | ||
Pulsnitz (Upper Sorbian: Połčnica) is a town in the district of Bautzen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the small river Pulsnitz, 11 km southwest of Kamenz, and 24 km northeast of the centre of Dresden.
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Map of Pulsnitz, Germany
Pulsnitz became famous for its Pfefferkuchen, a type of Lebkuchen, when in 1558 the bakers of Pulsnitz received permission to bake them. Today there are still eight Pfefferküchlereien bakeries. In 1745 the Pfefferküchler Tobias Thomas was known to be practising his craft in Pulsnitz as well as in Toruń in Poland, where the famous Thorner Kathrinchen were made. Pulsnitz is informally known as Pfefferkuchenstadt meaning "Gingerbread Town".
The first Protestant missionary to arrive in India, Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg was born in Pulsnitz on July 10, 1682.