After German reunification, it only took Bad Bibra five years to leap forward. With the help of subsidies and a bank loan, it built the brand-new Burgenland cheese dairy has emerged, which Mr Heuser of the Dairy Industry Association has called “the most modern in Germany”. The plant with its phalanx of towers in glistening silver towns lies in the valley like a small town all its own. The lorries bring 850,000 litres of milk a day for processing to produce 35,000 (tonnes of) cheese.
Construction of the Burgenland cheese factory
