Friedrich Stühmer

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Friedrich Stühmer (1887)

Friedrich Stühmer ( Hungarian Frigyes Stühmer , born December 18, 1843 in Mecklenburg , † May 11, 1890 in Budapest ) was a German-Hungarian confectioner and confectionery manufacturer. He founded the Stühmer chocolate factory in Budapest, the first of its kind in Hungary, and was the first to produce Szaloncukor on a large scale.

biography

After secondary school, Friedrich Stühmer did an apprenticeship as a pastry chef at Schulze and Co. in Ludwigslust . He was then employed in Ludwigslust, Hamburg and Prague . Stühmer settled in Pest in Hungary in 1868 , where he took over the management of a small confectionery workshop at Ősz utca 8 (today Szentkirályi utca) in the Józsefváros district of Budapest . Almost two years later he bought the workshop that he had leased before. In 1879, Stühmer opened a confectionery shop in Kecskeméti utca in downtown Pest and was awarded the gold medal “for competitive good quality sugar confectionery” at the national exhibition in Székesfehérvár .

In 1882, Stühmer acquired the entire property in Ősz utca and built a new factory building there for the industrial production of chocolate. The factory, which went into operation in 1883, was the first in Hungary to operate steam heating and its own boiler system. Stühmer covered the high investment costs with loans and profits from the ongoing confectionery production .

At the national exhibition in Budapest in 1885, Stühmer was awarded the "Hungarian Cross of Merit with the Crown" by Emperor Franz Joseph I. In 1888 he registered his first trademark and received permission from the Hungarian Prime Minister to use the Hungarian coat of arms.

Stühmer was married to Etelka Koob (1848–1936); the couple had six children. Friedrich Stühmer died in Budapest in 1890 at the age of 47 and was buried on the Kerepesi temető .

Aftermath

After Stühmer's early death, his widow and brother-in-law took over the management of the chocolate factory before it was transferred to his youngest son Géza (1884–1978). Under Géza Stühmer, who modernized production with state funding, the company experienced its economic boom. Between 1920 and 1941, 63 Stühmer stores were opened in Hungary, as well as branches in Paris and Abbazia . In 1943, Stühmer opened a new factory building in Vágóhíd utca , where chocolate is still produced today.

In the 1920s and 1930s, Stühmer became known for his artistically designed boxes and wrapping paper, which were designed by Gitta Mallasz , among others .

After the Second World War, the Stühmer company was nationalized in 1948 and from then on bore the name Budapesti Csokoládégyár ("Budapest Chocolate Factory"). The rights to the Stühmer brand were acquired in the 1980s from a candy store in Eger , from which the newly founded Stühmer Kft. Emerged in 2004 . This resumed confectionery production in Hungary in 2006. Since 2014, the headquarters and production of Stühmer have been in Maklár in Heves County , where a street is named after Frigyes Stühmer.

literature

  • Éva Vámos, Anikó S. Nagy: Friedrich Stühmer: The German manufacturer who sweetened life for Hungarians. In: Germans in Hungary - Hungarians in Germany. Exhibition, Danube Swabian Central Museum Ulm, 2006 ( online )

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personal data
SURNAME Stühmer, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stühmer, Frigyes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Hungarian confectioner and confectionery manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Mecklenburg
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1890
Place of death Budapest