Photo: Gemeinde St. Johann
- The baking house in St Johann-Lonsingen is around 170 years old.
- It has two wood-fired ovens; one is used regularly; the other one additionally for festivities
- The wood-fired ovens are heated up with bundles of brushwood.
- Everyone must bring their own heating material.
- The general renovation was in 1982, one oven was repaired in 2007.
- Baking takes place every 6 weeks.
- 10 – 12 families bake.
- The baking lady publishes a newspaper ad before the baking days and the baking groups meet and schedule the baking.
- There have been and there are still baking activities with the church’s children’s group and the kindergarten.
- Apart from bread, tartes and cakes are baked.
- During the years without “Open baking house” days there is a baking house fair organized by the choral society.
- Every other year on a Saturday (next time 2019) the parish organizes the “Open baking house” day where all baking houses in St Johann are open and in use.
- There are 8 baking houses in St Johann: Gächingen, Lonsingen, Ohnastetten, Upfingen, Würtingen, Ziegelhütte Würtingen and two in Bleichstetten.