Zauner pastry shop
| Confectionery Coffee Zauner
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| founding | 1832 |
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Bad Ischl , Austria
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| management | Josef Zauner |
| Number of employees | 140 |
| Branch | Pastry and gastronomy |
| Website | www.zauner.at |
The Zauner pastry shop in Bad Ischl is a traditional pastry shop in Austria .
history
Bad Ischl was the residence of the Austrian imperial couple and the center of society in the summer months . The personal physician of Emperor Franz I , Franz de Paula Wirer Ritter von Rettenbach (from 1821 the founder of the rise of Ischl to the famous brine bath), brought the Viennese confectioner and wine merchant Johann Zauner (1803–1868) as “ kuk Purveyor to the court ”to Bad Ischl, as no pastry chef who met the imperial demands was based in Ischl. The Empress Sisi's fondness for sweets was well known.
Initially, Zauner worked in the “Wirerkeller” (today “Zaunerkeller”) in Maxquellgasse. In 1832 Johann Zauner opened his own pastry shop in Pfarrgasse (the parent company ). Many famous guests frequented there, e.g. B. Johann Nestroy .
Karl Zauner (1846–1889) continued to run the business after his father's death and, four years after the great fire in Bad Ischl, opened a new building in 1869, again in Pfarrgasse. Even Empress Sisi , since their wedding in 1854 annually in Ischl was to be hosted by Karl Zauner. At that time also Vincens Reschinsky learned from Zauner, who later in Scheibbs the pastry Reschinsky opened.
His wife and heir Maria Anna Zauner (1850–1925), however, emigrated to America overnight with a new husband and their youngest son after his death, leaving the other nine children behind. In 1905, however, after her return, she finally handed over the business to her son Viktor Zauner (1877–1950), who was already de facto in charge of the company.
Under Viktor Zauner, the confectionery reached its greatest heyday. Since his marriage remained childless, he adopted a long-time employee, Rosina Öfner, after his wife's death in 1944.
In 1927 Viktor Zauner opened the "Café Esplanade Zauner" , the former Café Walther. The "Esplanade" became a meeting point for famous operetta composers ( Franz Lehár and Leo Fall ), singers ( Leo Slezak and Richard Tauber ) and writers.
Shortly after the Second World War, the multi-award-winning German confectioner Richard Kurth (1908–1970) came to the Zauner and later married his adopted daughter. The Zauner pastry shop continued to improve under the direction of Kurth. In 1958 Kurth was awarded a gold medal for his creation " Ischler Törtchen " at the world exhibition in Brussels . In 1959 Eugen Brixel composed the concert waltz “Ischler Törtchen” especially for this purpose .
After Kurth's death, his second wife Hildegard (1929–2019) initially continued the business. So that the traditional house name was not lost, she changed her name from Kurth to Zauner in 1982. In 1987 she adopted (this marriage was also childless) Josef Zauner (née Ferner) (* 1948), who then took over the management of the company and still holds it today. After completing his master craftsman training (German and Austrian master craftsman certificate), Josef Zauner went abroad several times, including to Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Israel and Japan. In Japan he teaches at the Japanese Cake and Confectionery College, where he has been a visiting professor since 1988 . 1978–1985 Josef Zauner was "TV cook" in the ORF series "Häferlgucker", in 1995 "TV confectioner" in "Enjoying allowed" on Bavarian television (BR) . Josef Zauner also won numerous gold medals in international competitions.
In 1980, in recognition of its services , the Republic of Austria granted the Zauner pastry shop the right to use the Austrian national coat of arms in the form of a state award .
In 1989 the former ballroom on the first floor of the main building was reopened as an Art Nouveau salon, in which weekly operetta cafes were held until 2010.
Zauner specialties
- Ischler wafers , created by Josef Nickerl, pastry chef at the “Zauner”. He came to the Zauner from the Carlsbad “ Grandhotel Pupp ” (see also “ Karlsbader Oblaten ”).
- Zaunerstollen : Developed in 1905 from the Ischl wafers .
- Schratt- Gugelhupf (also: Germgugelhupf Franz Joseph ): The original recipe comes from Katharina Schratt , the friend of Emperor Franz Joseph I .; she ordered it for the daily snack with the emperor, so to speak as a reassurance, should her own baking skills fail.
- Ischler Törtchen : created by Richard Kurth in the 1950s.
- Zaunerkipferl
Trivia
- Mention by name in the hit "How Bohemia was still with Austria" by Peter Alexander : "How still Leitomischl, with Zauner was in Ischl, .."
literature
- Josef Zauner: The great kuk pastry book. The best recipes from the famous confectioner from Bad Ischl . Servus, Wals 2017, ISBN 978-3-7104-0146-6 .
- Eva Mayer-Bahl, Karl Schuhmacher (author), Josef Zauner (ed.): The great book of Austrian pastries. Sweet traditions from the imperial era to today. BLV, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-405-15175-9 (standard work for Austrian pastries ).
- Gaby von Schönthan , Joseph M. Grumbach-Palme: Zauner confectionery. Bad Ischl and the Salzkammergut . A little cultural history. Goldmann, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-442-26744-7 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bad Ischl mourns: Hildegard "Gärdi" Zauner passed away. July 17, 2019, accessed July 23, 2019 .
- ↑ An icon of the imperial city. July 23, 2019, accessed July 23, 2019 .