Stock Photo - 04 January 2023, Saxony-Anhalt, Salzwedel: The word Baumkuchen is written on an archway in the city center. The traditional company Salzwedeler Baumkuchen GmbH is facing the end. All employees have received a letter of termination, confirmed the manager and owner Rosemarie Lehmann on Wednesday. The decisive factor was the unsuccessful search for a successor. The company is not in economic difficulties, she stressed. First the ""Volksstimme"" (Wednesday edition) had reported. The 74-year-old said that production would be shut down by the summer. A lot of money had already been spent on the search for a suitable successor. However, it still keeps itself open for offers. The Baumkuchen from Salzwedel is considered a delicacy and is offered in the delicatessen department of the Berlin department store Kadewe, among others. A kilo of Baumkuchen from the Salzwedel factory costs over 40 euros. Photo: Peter Gercke/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa. - Salzwedel/Saxony-Anhalt/Germany