Wikipedia Article About Liederkranz on Wikipedia In spite of its German sounding name, Liederkranz cheese was a United States innovation, a recreation of Limburger cheese that was subtly different because the bacterial culture that ripened it was not the same. Liederkranz is an extinct cheese. The Monroe Cheese Company, the original source of Liederkranz, passed to new ownership, but Emil Frey stayed on and followed Liederkranz production to Van Wert, Ohio in 1926. In 1929 the company was sold to the Borden Company. Frey retired in 1938.