Overview
- Erfurt project director Martin Sladeczek, alongside emeritus historian Karl Heinemeyer, presented a 1269 charter recording pachteinnahmen, a hut and a bräter at the Krämerbrücke that they say signals a medieval brathütte.
- Historians caution that the document makes no explicit mention of sausages or a permanent cooking facility and cite an Arnstadt 1404 entry as the first clear sausage-specific record.
- Nürnberg restaurateur Sofia Hilleprandt challenged Mühlhausen’s Deutsches Bratwurstmuseum to a symbolic boxfight during the Thüringer Bratwurstgipfel to decide the oldest brathütte.
- The museum’s Trägerverein accepted the challenge and announced the duel will take place on September 26 in Mühlhausen as part of the Bratwurstiade.
- Participants plan to hire professional boxers for a tongue-in-cheek spectacle aimed at promoting regional tourism rather than adjudicating historical validity.