https://www.hannover.de/en/en/view/content/542564/full/1/6025912015-03-04T15:15:03+01:00Max Mustermannmax@mustermann.dehttps://www.hannover.de/en/en/view/content/542564/full/1/6025912015-03-04T15:15:03+01:00The Hannoverian sugar merchant Hermann Bahlsen invented the butter biscuit in 1891. He named the crispy cookies "Leibniz Cakes", honouring thereby the most famous citizen of his hometown - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.