Rügenwalder Mühle

Bad Zwischenahn, Germany

The original Teewurst producer, founded 1834 in Rügenwalde, Pomerania (now Darłowo, Poland). After the war, the company resettled in Bad Zwischenahn, Lower Saxony, and kept making the same recipe. Their Rügenwalder Teewurst holds PGI protection. They also produce a feine Teewurst with a smoother grind. In recent years the company has expanded into plant-based products, but their traditional Teewurst remains the flagship. The red packaging is a supermarket fixture across Germany.

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Sausages from Rügenwalder Mühle

Teewurst

Pomerania / Schleswig-Holstein

Teewurst is a spreadable raw sausage from northern Germany. Finely ground pork and beef, cold-smoked over beechwood, soft enough to spread on bread with a knife. The name comes from 'Tee' (tea): Pomeranian ladies of the 19th century served it at afternoon tea gatherings. Two grades exist. Rügenwalder Teewurst uses a coarser grind and has PGI protection since 2007. Feine Teewurst is ground finer, almost paste-like, and spreads even more easily. Both are eaten raw, always on bread, never cooked.

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