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Café Knösel

Name: Café Knösel
Address: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, DE
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Heidelberg's oldest cafe (1863) and inventor of the famous 'Student's Kiss' - a chocolate praline that remains Knösel family property.

Café Knösel on Haspelgasse has been family-owned since 1863. Here the first Knösel invented the 'Heidelberg Student's Kiss' - a nougat-chocolate praline exchanged as a proper gesture between students and the daughters of respectable households. House-made pralines are still produced to this day, alongside Viennese coffee culture and homemade cakes.

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Marktplatz Heidelberg mit Herkulesbrunnen — Foto: José Luiz · CC BY-SA 4.0

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