Ruszwurm confectionery
The Ruszwurm ( Hungarian: Ruszwurm cukrászda ) pastry shop in the Hungarian capital Budapest is one of the city's smaller coffee houses , but with the charm of the early 1820s. It is located at Szentháromság utca 7 in the castle district and spoils its guests with selected cakes and various patisseries . The 150-year-old establishment has survived the years unharmed. During the sieges of Budapest in 1849 and 1944, only the building was damaged.
history
The confectioner Ferenc Schwabl opened his shop in 1827 , but died a few years later. Lénárt Richter took his place. József Nádor's former court baker married Schwabl's widow and became the new owner of the Ruszwurm confectionery in 1830.
Richter had the interior that is still available today designed. He commissioned a master carpenter from Krisztinaváros and the sculptor Lőrinc Dunaiszky to design and manufacture the interior furnishings in the Biedermeier style. The fact that the facility has been preserved to this day is due, among other things, to the fact that, like the furnishings , it was placed under monument protection as the most important ensemble in the country in the confectionery sector . From 1830 to 1846 Lénárt Richter ran the pastry shop very successfully, even across national borders.
Richter died in 1846. His widow and employee Antal Müller married and continued the pastry shop in his favor. Antal Müller was an ambitious, then 48-year-old man who was later called the freedom fighter of the confectioners . Among other things, he was captured after the surrender of Világos . During this time he got to know Rudolf Müller. Müller later became mayor. In 1856 Emperor Franz Joseph commissioned him to decorate the ceremonial supper for the coronation ceremony. His daughter Rosa Müller presented the coronation drum and sugar flowers to the coronation ceremony in 1887. Rosa Müller's husband later ran Vilmos Ruszwurm from 1884 to 1922. The pastry shop has had its current name since then.
In 1922, Vilmos Ruszwurm finally withdrew from the business and handed over the pastry shop to his colleague Ferenc Tóth , who had been working there since 1902. He was even able to improve the level of business a little. Among other things, Tóth's innovations included the fact that he allowed women as apprentices for the first time, used cars to deliver orders and opened further branches in the Budapest city center: in Mészáros utca 10 , on the corner of Hegyaljai and Budaörsi utca and opposite the Lukács-Bad .
After the death of 84-year-old Ruszwurms in 1936, Tóth's daughter Ilona and her family moved back into the family home. Vilmo's son Rezsö Ruszwurm sold his inheritance, part of the house with the confectionery and the naming rights, to Ferenc Tóth.
The Second World War hit the confectionery hard. In 1945 it was possible to build on the old splendor and legacy of Ferenc Tóth. In the course of the nationalization of many companies in the post-war period in Hungary, the Ruszwurm confectionery was nationalized on February 20, 1951. The pastries were only made in Roham utca and delivered to the Ruszwurm confectionery. The former owner Ferenc Tóth was branded an exploiter by the regime.
Ferenc Tóth, who successfully ran the Ruszwurm confectionery for many years, took on an unskilled position, which, however, did not fill him. Following his roots in the confectionery trade, he made sweets for his grandchildren at home. He offered this to his colleagues at his new workplace, which the company's chief accountant also noticed. The latter gave him the tip to introduce himself to the pastry shop that had recently opened in Lőportár utca . Tóth followed up and got a new job. In the following ten years he designed part-time cake decorations, which he presented at exhibitions with success and awards.
A few years after the nationalization, the Ruszwurm confectionery was closed completely, only the newly opened eszpresso in Tarnok utca remained. The manager of the Vörösmarty confectionery wanted to buy it. However, the Ruszwurm confectionery did not agree to the plan and reopened the original shop on August 20, 1960. The former owner, Ferenc Tóth, was again in charge. A short time later, however, he was released again for flimsy reasons. Tóth found a job at the Krisztina confectionery production company . After suffering from severe diabetes and a lost leg, he had to give up in 1973 and died two years later.
In 1960 the pastry chefs from the I-XII. selected and provided for the Ruszwurm confectionery. But the level could not be restored. A few years later, the master István Lukács came to Ruszwurm, who had learned and practiced his craft in Café Gerbeaud . This was able to bring the Ruszwurm pastry shop back to the level of Ferenc Tóth.
After the political change and the peaceful revolution in the Eastern Bloc after 1990, the Ruszwurm was privatized and it became the property of a foreign company. Later, Mátyás Szamos (founder of Szamos Marzipan ) continued the pastry shop, which he has owned since 1994.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 30 '4.71 " N , 19 ° 1' 58.41" E