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Enclosed is a press release from the city of St. Ingbert with a request for publication.
Where regional diversity meets enjoyment and encounter - The St. Ingbert weekly market
Far beyond the borders of St. Ingbert, the weekly market is well known, especially in spring and autumn during the flower season, attracting shoppers. On Wednesday mornings, it is somewhat smaller in scale, but on Saturdays, there are as many as 25 market stalls offering a wide variety. In addition to fruits and vegetables, there are baked goods, cheese and delicacies, game specialties, fruit spreads and chutneys, sausages and, of course, eggs from organic farmers.
A popular meeting point for all market visitors is the vintage car converted into a coffee bar by the St. Ingbert coffee roastery Comame. As a passionate coffee lover and connoisseur, Ramon Bachmann is committed to sharing the diverse flavors of his favorite beverage. His expertise on all questions related to coffee is almost limitless.
Also a regular feature at the Saturday market is Torsten Becker with his Highlander stall. Out of genuine conviction and with great passion, he breeds Scottish Highland cattle in the Rohrbachtal, taking care of them daily and knowing each one by name. You can hardly buy meat and sausage specialties fresher than here at the market.
Freshly baked baguettes, croissants, or éclairs are offered by "Les frères Schwalbach" from Rohrbach-lès-Bitches every Saturday in St. Ingbert. A few years ago, their white bread was declared "Best Baguette in France" by a jury. Afterwards, they were invited to the award ceremony at the Élysée Palace – a very special honor!
Even a stall from one of the oldest organically farmed farms in Saarland can be found at the weekly market. Ayleen Hunsicker and Jan Burkhart run the Hochscheid farm with great passion and strictly organically. They offer fresh organic vegetables for direct sale on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
And the St. Ingberter market has yet another highlight to offer: Every Saturday, Sabine Lenhart offers 100% homemade gourmet delicacies at her stand from the St. Ingberter organic gourmet manufactory “LuxusGut.” Finest flavor nuances through exquisite fruit spreads, chutneys, pestos, jellies, gourmet salts & spice blends, mustard, and seasonal specials are lovingly and passionately handcrafted by Sabine Lenhart.
Fruits, vegetables, salad, and potatoes in fresh organic quality from regional farmers – naturally? Manfred Stalter also markets Greek products such as feta and mountain cheese made from sheep’s/goat’s milk, as well as pickled or natural olives and high-quality olive oil from Greece.
„Salz-Kultur" is also indispensable at the St. Ingbert weekly market. „Salz-Kultur" stands for high-quality organic spices, pepper specialties, natural salts, oils, vinegars, and edible flowers – carefully selected, personally tested, and assembled with great passion. Good spices transform a dish. They make flavors shine, evoke memories, and turn simple ingredients into something special. This enthusiasm is exactly what the owner Harald Baecker lives by – and he gladly shares his extensive knowledge with market visitors.
And then there is also the Wagner family, who have been running a gourmet mushroom farm in Saarbrücken-Burbach since early 2024. As a production site, the couple uses a bunker on their property, which they carefully restored and specially converted for mushroom cultivation. This way, they have the opportunity to offer fresh and regional gourmet mushrooms in organic quality all year round. In addition to the fresh mushrooms, there are also fine organic gourmet mushroom bruschetta, organic spread made from king oyster mushrooms, organic oyster mushroom pesto, as well as aromatic shiitake tagliatelle – all made from their own gourmet mushrooms and handcrafted.
Legendary and an absolute must are the sweet pastries from the Michael Steinmann bakery in Rohrbach. Whether pudding or cinnamon roll, nougat or plain croissant, or the deliciously filled Berliners – here, sweet delight becomes a celebration.
These are of course by far not all the market vendors; there are many more. Feel free to be curious and explore the market during a stroll, which has shaped the cityscape since the 18th century and still connects people, regional producers, and a vibrant market culture in the heart of the city today.
Photo and collage: Maria Müller-Lang
Caption: The classic car converted into a coffee bar by the St. Ingbert coffee roastery Comame is a popular meeting point at the weekly market.
