Confectionery Sprüngli

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Confiserie Sprüngli AG

logo
legal form Aktiengesellschaft
( sole proprietorship until 1978 )
founding 1836
Seat Zurich , Switzerland
management Tomas Prenosil
( CEO )
Milan Prenosil
( Chairman of the Board )
Branch food
Website www.spruengli.ch

The Confiserie Sprüngli AG are an established company in 1836 for the production of chocolate, chocolates and pastries in Zurich .

history

The Confiserie Sprüngli AG was in 1836 by David Sprüngli and his son Rudolf Sprüngli-Ammann on Marktgasse in Zurich instead of "Confectionery bird" as Confiserie Sprüngli & Sohn founded. In 1845 they started making chocolate in their pastry shop. Business was so good that the rooms soon became too small. In 1859, Sprüngli moved into the newly built house at the Tiefenhöfe on Paradeplatz on Bahnhofstrasse .

Sprüngli acted farsightedly. The Neumarkt, as Paradeplatz was still called back then, was the commercial center of the city of Zurich with the post office and its coach traffic, but the area stood in stark contrast to the elegant, elegant face it is today: behind the post office was the scratching area where the laundresses, the prostitutes, the tinkers and the executioners lived, and where the Bahnhofstrasse runs today, the swampy frogs' pit was located until 1867 . It was extended to the lake in 1877, and the scratching quarters were completely razed by 1891. These innovations, against which many Zurich residents resisted, literally laid the foundation for today's preferred business situation.

The so-called “refreshment room” in the new Confiserie Sprüngli was particularly successful. Those who belonged to good company in Zurich met there in the afternoons for coffee and cake. The room could also be rented for events.

In 1892 Confiserie Sprüngli and the chocolate factory Lindt & Sprüngli parted ways , both of which were continued as separate companies. In 1909/1910 the shop on Paradeplatz was rebuilt first in the Art Nouveau style and again in a modern style in 1931. In 2007 the sales room was completely renovated.

  • The upper Bahnhofstrasse 1870

  • Sprünglihaus 1885

  • The Confiserie Sprüngli around 1900

  • Same view in 2010

management

After David Robert Sprüngli, Hermann Sprüngli, the fourth generation, took over management in 1924, and Richard Sprüngli (1916–2013) became the fifth generation in 1956 . In 1994, with two nephews Richard Sprünglis, the sixth generation took over the operational management of the company.

  • David Sprüngli 1836-1859
  • Rudolf Sprüngli 1859-1892
  • David Robert Sprüngli 1892-1924
  • Hermann Sprüngli 1924–1956
  • Richard Sprüngli 1956–1994
  • Milan and Tomas Prenosil 1994 – today

In 2011 Confiserie Sprüngli AG was awarded 2nd place in the SVC Entrepreneur Award in the Zurich economic area.

production

In 1961 the production facility was relocated from Paradeplatz to Dietikon for reasons of space . From there the 24 branches and the main store on Paradeplatz are supplied.

Sprünglis Luxemburgerli

Well-known products in addition to the Sprüngli pralines are the Luxemburgerli , a praline-sized pastry very similar to a macaron in various (sometimes seasonal) flavors that has been produced since 1957, and a selection of chocolate truffles made from wild cocoa beans called “Grand” , which has been available since 2005 Cru ».

literature

  • Walter Baumann: Zurich - Bahnhofstrasse Orell Füssli Verlag, Zurich 1972
  • Walter Baumann: Visiting the old Zurich Hugendubel Verlag, Zurich 1992

Web links

Commons : Confiserie Sprüngli  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Commercial Register of the Canton of Zurich, transfer 3.083.550.001 from 020.3.905.886-1 / a ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Entrepreneur Richard Sprüngli is dead. In: srf.ch of October 23, 2013
  3. ↑ Announcement of the SVC Entrepreneur Prize for the Zurich Economic Area 2011 .