David Sprüngli

David Sprüngli (20 October 1776 – 14 February 1862) was a Swiss businessman, prominent in Zürich. There, in 1836, he established David Sprüngli & Son, a confectioners that is today known as Confiserie Sprüngli.

David Sprüngli
Portrait of Sprüngli from the first half of the 19th century
Born(1776-10-20)20 October 1776
Andelfingen, Switzerland
Died14 February 1862(1862-02-14) (aged 85)
NationalitySwiss
Occupationconfectioner
Known forfounding Confiserie Sprüngli

Early life

Sprüngli was born in Andelfingen, a municipality of Zürich, Switzerland, to Hans Heinrich Sprüngli and Elisabetha Karrer.[1]

Career

In 1819, Sprüngli, then a poor journeyman baker, joined a locally well-established Zürichsugar bakery. When his boss died, in 1836, he bought the business from his boss's widow.[2]

In 1836, Sprüngli purchased a house and shop on Zürich's Marktgasse and founded David Sprüngli & Son with Rudolf.[2]

Lindt & Sprüngli, a partnership between Rodolphe Lindt and David Sprüngli, began in 1845,[3] the same year David Sprüngli & Son moved to Zürich's Paradeplatz.[2]

Personal life

In 1804, Sprüngli married Regula Rosenberger. He remarried, in 1812, to Katharina Schwarz, with whom he had sons David Sprüngli-Schmidlin (born 1814) and Rudolf Sprüngli-Ammann (born 1816).[1]

Death

Sprüngli died in 1862, aged 85.[1]

References

  1. Sprüngli-Dynastie: Am Anfang stand ein Schoggi-Pionie. 2012. ISSN 1422-8971.
  2. International Directory of Company Histories, volume 27. 1999. p. 102.
  3. "Lindt history". Lindt Chocolate. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
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