Guten Tag at Funkstown - Good Day - Funkstown, MD
Guten Tag - ~Where it's always a good day~
 
 
 
 
After 18 months of working on the old house (put on the map 1890), we finally opened our doors in October 2009. We are excited about sharing our collection of treasures, unique gifts & specialty goods. Guten Tag at Funkstown is family owned and operated. In our shop, you will find many one of a kind items. From handmade tables to junk yard finds, we are always creating and recreating, looking for items that will make you smile. 
 
 
 

A Little History...
Funkstown originally was 88 acres of land sold to German immigrant Henry Funck by Frederick Calvert in 1754. The town was laid out by Henry and his brother Jacob in 1767; they named the place “Jerusalem.” Jerusalem was surrounded on three sides by Antietam Creek, which accounts for the fact that its principal industry was milling. There were mills of various kinds—including a powder mill that supplied Washington’s army during the Revolutionary War. The largest of them was a flour mill built by Henry Funck in 1762 in the area to the rear of the town’s present fire hall. It operated until 1929, when it was destroyed by fire. The powder mill blew up in 1810. Jerusalem was a center of activity for the frontier in its early years. The local commerce during those years included, besides the flour mill and powder mill, a paper mill, a sawmill, a woolen mill, a wagon yard, and several inns and taverns. The National Pike was constructed through Jerusalem in 1823, contributing further to the commercial activity of the town. The community became a favorite stopping place for travelers. But the prosperity withered when the railroad was built a mile to the west of the town in 1832. Nevertheless, the community incorporated as a municipality in 1840 under the name “Funkstown,” a shortening of Funck’s Jerusalem Town, the name by which the community had come to be known early in the 19th century.
 
 
When naming the little red building on 4 Frederick Road, it was only fitting that it be derived from the German language and so we named it Guten Tag. Guten Tag, translated into English means