Ploatz [SEP] country of origin
Ploatz
Ploatz is a hearty sheet cake made of rye bread dough with variable topping, a speciality of the Haune valley of Hesse, Germany. It is common in Upper Hesse, Franconia, Middle Franconia, Rhön and Hohenlohe.
, today a Hermann Lietz boarding school), the "Rotes Schloß" (“Red Palace”, today owned by Baron Johannes von Campenhausen) and the Altwehrda (“Old Wehrda”) ruins (believed to have been the first fortified settlement in a fortified defensive tower, built by the Knights of Trumbach, later of Stein). Old Jewish cemeteries can be found in Wehrda and Rhina.
Culture and sightseeing Culinary specialities.
One culinary speciality from the Haune valley is "Ploatz", a hearty sheet cake made