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Leopold Hawelka
Leopold Hawelka, 2008
Born(1911-04-11)11 April 1911
Staatz, Lower Austria, Austria
Died29 December 2011(2011-12-29) (aged 100)
Vienna, Austria
Resting placeHeiligenstädter Friedhof, Vienna, Austria[1]
OccupationRestaunteer
Spouse
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(m. 1936⁠–⁠2005)​
Children2

Leopold Hawelka (April 11, 1911[2] – December 29, 2011[3]) was an Austrian coffee house owner. He and his wife, Josefine Hawelka [de], founded and operated Café Hawelka ("Künstlerkaffeehaus Hawelka").

Life and career

Hawelka was born in Staatz-Kautendorf. His parents were of Bohemian ancestry. His father was a shoemaker from Jáchymov near Osová Bítýška in Bohemia. At Leopold's age of 14, the family settled in Vienna, and he began to work in the Deierl restaurant, where he met Josefine Danzberger. They married in 1936 and opened their first café, Kaffee Alt Wien, on the Bäckerstrasse. They later opened a new café, Café Hawelka, on Dorotheergasse. During World War II, the Hawelkas were not able to operate their business. After the war, in September 1945, the Hawelkas reopened their café, the building of which survived the war largely intact.[4]

Josefine Hawelka died in March 2005. Their son, Günther Hawelka, continued baking the café's speciality, Buchteln pastries, using his mother's recipe.[5] Leopold turned 100 on April 11, 2011.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Leopold Hawelka (1911-2011) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  2. ^ "Taufbuch - 01-11 | Staatz | Wien/Niederösterreich (Osten): Rk. Erzdiözese Wien | Österreich | Matricula Online".
  3. ^ "Cafetier Leopold Hawelka gestorben - wien.ORF.at". wien.orf.at (in German). 29 December 2011. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  4. ^ "Leopold Hawelka". The Daily Telegraph. London. December 30, 2011.
  5. ^ Anne Marshall Zwack (1986-10-19). "Where to Go After the Show: Vienna". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
  6. ^ Oleksyn, Veronika (2011-04-11). "Austrian cafe icon Hawelka turns 100". sandiegouniontribune.com. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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