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 which is today known as Confiserie Sprüngli.
David Sprüngli | |
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![]() Portrait of Sprüngli from the first half of the 19th century | |
Born | Andelfingen, Switzerland | 20 October 1776
Died | 14 February 1862 | (aged 85)
Nationality | Swiss |
Occupation | confectioner |
Known for | founding Confiserie Sprüngli |
Early life
editSprüngli was born in Andelfingen, a municipality of Zürich, Switzerland, to Hans Heinrich Sprüngli and Elisabetha Karrer.[1]
Career
editIn 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
editIn 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
editSprüngli died in 1862, aged 85.[1]