Johann Robby
Johann Robby (* before 1764 in Silvaplana ; † December 12, 1830 in Hanover ) was a Swiss confectioner from the Engadine , whose business over three generations and the subsequent lease to Wilhelm Kröpcke ultimately led to the name of today's Kröpcke square .
Life
The 1788 from Switzerland migrant confectioner opened in Knochenhauerstraße 1795 a pastry shop, which was then the second in Hanover.
In 1798 Robby bought his house in the Leinstrasse opposite the Leineschloss from the heirs of his Swiss compatriot, personal physician Johann Georg Zimmermann . The company relocated there offered an extensive range for the time: In addition to sweets of all kinds, including 18 different cakes and cake specialties, but also delicacies such as marinades and other things. After Robby had achieved the third council wine bar , he was also able to offer wine and champagne from 1815.
Johann Georg Robby
Shortly before his death, Robby handed over the business in Leinstrasse to his son Johann Georg Robby in 1829. Johann Georg was appointed court confectioner in 1832. As a "conditor, distiller, chocolate factory, café and restaurant , he ran the stylish and comfortable café across from the castle.
Georg Robby
In 1856 the company passed to Johann Georg's son Georg Robby .
Georg Robby later relocated the café to the north-western tip of the theater square (today's name: Opernplatz), which was laid out in a triangular shape by court architect Laves , at the bend in Georgstrasse . This is the place around which the new center of Hanover gradually developed near the train station .
As a new building, Robby had Otto Goetze build an oriental-style pavilion as an iron construction in 1869 . After the Second World War , historians researched for years whether the pavilion came directly from the Paris World's Fair in 1867 or was just modeled on it.
Siercke family
In 1876 Georg Robby withdrew from the business and leased the café to the Wilhelm Siercke family. After Siercke's death in 1878, Wilhelm Kröpcke supported the widow as head waiter with the continuation and in 1885 finally leased the coffee house himself.
literature
- Helmut Zimmermann : Hanoverian portraits. Life pictures from seven centuries, illustrated by Rainer Ossi Osswald ; Hannover 1983, pp. 72-75.
- Ludwig Hoerner : Market and hospitality industry in old Hanover ; in: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter (new series), supplement 1/1999 , pp. 145–158.
- Th. Parr: Let's go to the Kröpcke , 2006
- Klaus Mlynek , Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) A. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 105.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Stadtlexikon Hannover… on page 105 under the keyword “Café Robby” leaves open which confectionery was probably the first.
- ↑ The Stadtlexikon Hannover does not give any further life data here, so the personal stories are continued HERE
- ^ Friedrich Lindau: Hanover: Reconstruction and Destruction. Excerpts from Google Books
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Also called Sierke in other sources, hence the spelling: Sier (c) ke
- ↑ Source: Stadtlexikon Hannover , page 701.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robby, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss confectioner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1764 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Silvaplana |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1830 |
| Place of death | Hanover |