As I already mentioned, I will be introducing you to Demel's history which is more then fascinating to me. The photo on the right is the little children's carriage that I found in the museum and I don't really know the true purpose of it there, but I am sure it was most likely used for one of the presentations at Demel's show window. The carriage on the left hand side is a real one and as you can see it says in german "Demel's sons".
Pretty cool to have your own carriage at that time, huh? That only tells us how important and high positioned Demel was.
Now lets get back to the 1786....



-Everything began in the year 1786 when confectionary assistant Ludwig Dehne from Wuerttemberg settled in Vienna.

-He started selling frozen goods and very soon extended his production to candy, jam-filled doughnuts and Mardi Gras beignets as well as a variety of other bakery goods. And already several years after the founding, cavaliers held their trysts with beautiful Viennese women at Dehnes, enjoying the artfully formed and decorated sweets.

-Ludwig Dehne's son August sold the shop in 1857 to his first assistant Christoph Demel.

-His sons Josef and Carl were the ones who in the end consequentially named the confectionary “K. u. K. Hofzuckerbäcker Ch. Demel’s Söhne” (“Imperial and Royal Court Confectionary Bakery Ch. Demel’s Sons”). The renown of the confectionary Demel had already reached foreign shores and the title “K.u.k.” Court Supplier was already secured.

-In 1888 the brothers Demel moved into the Palais at the Kohlmarkt as Emperor Franz Joseph ordered sanding works to be done on the city fortifications. The Demel now stands in one line with the Hofburg (castle courtyard).

Until 1918...Gute Nacht! ;)