The monasteries used to be completely self-sufficient, certainly in the 12th century. So there was also a bakery in the main building. Because it is located on the ground floor, a huge chimney ran through the entire building up to the roof. The chimney was built in such a way, that both the adjacent house of the abbot and the refectory above it, were heated. In that wide chimney, in which we have built your kitchen, the homemade sausages were also smoked.
You will enjoy your holiday in this former bakery. Through the windows (with interior doors) that follow the arched shape of the ceiling, you will have a beautiful view on the courtyard with its many potted plants and flowers. To the left the beautiful recesses in the wall, in which the “baker monk” stored his utensils. Now you can put your cooking utensils there. The kitchen window shows the former entrance to the dome oven.
On the wall you can see the ring which hinged the heavy oven door. The original oven door has been preserved and stands against the wall outside the Bakery. Central heating is available in the living room and in the bedroom. This makes the Bakery a desirable apartment in the spring and autumn. In the hot summer months there is an extra benefit. The more than one meter thick bedroom walls provide a pleasant constant temperature of 23 degrees, while the outside is considerably warmer.
The bakery terrace is located on the east side of the building, a few meters from your holiday home.