Hermann Ihringer

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Hermann Ihringer (born April 17, 1881 in Breisach am Rhein ; † November 24, 1960 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German restaurateur, hotelier and winery owner.

The houses at Rathausgasse 30–32 in Freiburg. This is where the “Zum Falken” hotel and the Ihringer wine bar were located. Today there is only one wine shop.

Career

Ihringer came as the son of the innkeeper Hermann Ihringer († 1919) and Sophie Ihringer, nee. Nadler, in the Baden city of Breisach. When he was four years old, his parents moved to Freiburg , where they took over the “Zum Kranz” inn on Eisenbahnstrasse near the town hall . After completing his school education, he went to Basel and trained as a chef at the Hotel Euler . He gained further practical experience in leading companies in Switzerland, France, Italy and the United States. One of his teachers during this time was the master chef Auguste Escoffier . This attested the young Ihringer a "tongue par excellence".

In 1906 he returned to Freiburg and joined his father's company. After marrying Elisabeth Dünbier († 1926) in April 1910, in the spring of 1911 he took over the management of the hotel and wine tavern, now known as "Zum Falken". He consolidated the good reputation of the “Falken” kitchen and led his restaurant to one of the most prestigious wine bars in Baden and southern Germany. Ihringer acquired his own vineyards in Achkarren on the southern slopes of the Kaiserstuhl , from which he made a model estate early on. When modern wine treatment was still in its infancy, he was progressive in developing the care of his wines. The Riesling , Ruländer , Traminer and Spätburgunder wines from the Achkarrer Schloßberg and Büchsenberg achieved the highest prices, including a dozen prizes at federal wine awards and many honorary and first prizes at regional wine awards. He fought tirelessly for the reputation and recognition of Baden wines. As the first restaurateur in Freiburg, he exclusively offered wines from the Baden wine-growing region in his wine tavern .

After the end of the Second World War , his restaurant was confiscated. From the beginning of the 1950s, he rebuilt it with his second wife, the widowed café owner Julie Schanz (1883–1969), without material reparation or official support.

Through diverse activities in specialist committees and associations, he earned the reputation of "Seniors of Baden viticulture". Among other things, he was a member of the Presidium of the German Viticulture Association . The Baden winegrowing association made him an honorary member. He was also an honorary member of numerous professional organizations in the hotel and catering industry as well as tourism. In December 1951 he was one of the first people in the state of Baden to be awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for his “merits as a pioneer in Baden quality viticulture” .

Honors

  • 1951: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
    "For his services as a pioneer in Baden quality viticulture"
  • Honorary member of the Baden Viticulture Association
  • Honorary member of numerous professional organizations in the hotel and catering industry as well as tourism

literature

  • A pioneer of Baden viticulture † , In: Der Deutsche Weinbau , vol. 15, issue 22, November 1960, p. 965
  • Pioneer of noble hospitality - Hermann Ihringer , In: Freiburger Almanach 1961. Twelfth Illustrated Yearbook; Freiburg: Poppen & Ortmann, 1961, pp. 100-102
  • Winery owner and hotelier Hermann Ihringer † , In: Baden-Württemberg. Southwest German monthly for culture, economy and travel, issue 2/1961, p. 68

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death book entry No. 2188/1960
  2. ↑ a b c Registration information from the Freiburg im Breisgau city archive from August 12, 2013
  3. ^ Hotel "Zum Falken", Freiburg , in: Gerd Schwieger: Breviary for motorized bon vivants: a guide to cultivated hospitable places , Volume I: Süddeutschland, Umschau-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1963, 13th edition, p. 56
  4. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 4, No. 2, January 4, 1952.
personal data
SURNAME Ihringer, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German restaurateur, hotelier and winery owner
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Breisach on the Rhine
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1960
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau