David Sprüngli
David Sprüngli (born October 20, 1776 in Andelfingen , Canton of Zurich , † February 14, 1862 in Zurich ) was a Swiss confectioner and chocolatier .
When Sprüngli's teacher, councilor Ludwig Vogel, died in 1831, Sprüngli became a journeyman to his widow. In 1838 he bought the house and the shop on Marktgasse in Zurich and continued to run it under his name as Confiserie Sprüngli .
At the age of 62 he was naturalized in Zurich in 1838 and was accepted into the guild of boatmen in Zurich that same year . Together with his son Rudolf Sprüngli , he only produced chocolate from 1845 and after a short time demand had increased so much that it was necessary to move to Horgen , combined with an expansion. His firstborn son David Sprüngli-Schmidlin (1814–1881) lived and worked as an architect in Basel.
See also
literature
- Christian Baertschi: Sprüngli, David. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Walter Baumann: Zurich - Bahnhofstrasse. Orell Füssli Verlag, Zurich 1972.
- Walter Baumann: Visiting old Zurich - Bahnhofstrasse Hugendubel Verlag, Zurich 1992
- Katja Hürlimann: Sprüngli. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 768 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Zurich Confiserie David Sprüngli & Sohn bought the former blacksmith's shop in Schleifetobel in Horgen in 1846 and set up their first chocolate factory there, whose initial waterwheel was operated by the Heubach. Source: Horgner yearbook 2017.
- ↑ Sprüngli dynasty: In the beginning there was a chocolate pioneer . In: Handelszeitung . April 7, 2012, ISSN 1422-8971 ( handelszeitung.ch [accessed on 19 September 2017]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sprüngli, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss confectioner and chocolatier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1776 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Andelfingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 1862 |
| Place of death | Zurich |