Rausch 🇩🇪

Rausch is Germany's most distinguished fine chocolate house, a Berlin institution founded in 1918 by Wilhelm Rausch Junior as a producer of the finest pralines, chocolates, and honey cakes. For much of its history Rausch operated as an elegant but regional speciality, until 1998 when Jurgen Rausch pioneered the development of Plantagen-Schokolade in Germany, a groundbreaking range of pure single-origin bars made from fine cacao sourced from specific plantations around the world. This innovation placed Rausch at the forefront of the growing movement for transparency and terroir in chocolate, drawing comparisons with the language and philosophy of fine wine. The brand's most spectacular expression is the Rausch Schokoladenhaus, or Chocolate House, located in an imposing townhouse on Berlin's magnificent Gendarmenmarkt square. This multi-storey chocolate destination houses a boutique, a salon de chocolat, and a cafe where guests can enjoy chocolate fondue, hot chocolate, and praline assortments amid an atmosphere of baroque grandeur. The window displays of life-sized chocolate sculptures of Berlin landmarks have become one of the city's most photographed attractions. Rausch produces its chocolates at its facility in Peine, Lower Saxony, maintaining strict quality standards and an ever-expanding range of origin bars, praline boxes, and seasonal specialties that reflect Germany's growing sophistication as a nation of fine chocolate lovers.