The History of a Corner House

Come into the Sophieneck:

At the beginning of the century the Sophieneck was home to a laundry. A change was to come quickly as the coach firm from the Sophienstraße 32 needed more space and the laundry was then used to house coaches and horses.

In 1924 Gertrud and Ernst Balzer arrived from West Prussia, bought the back part of the Sophieneck and opened a bakery in 1926. The middle part of the Sophieneck was a Undertakers. The staff in the Sophieneck will tell you that the pub is hauntedbut only by friendly ghosts who like a good beer. The front of the Sophieneck was a café own by Mrs Erdmann. There were 4 tables with white tablecloths and good homemade German food was served up until the beginning of the forties. From then until 1961 Mrs Erdmanns café was used as a warehouse by the Undertaker.

Family Balzur were still baking bread, but by now Ernst and Gertruds daughter, Traudel, had taken over and in 1984 she moved the bakery into Sophienstraße 30, were the bakery can be seen today. In the summer of 1984 the state began with the reconstruction of the Sophienstraße. In 1986 the Sophieneck was opened, but not by the team who are there now.they took over in 1994. They are people who know and love the area, and are proud to be part of the corners history.

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