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The origins of the company date back to 1836, when David Sprüngli (1776–1862) and his son Rudolf Sprüngli-Ammann (1816–1897) [6] bought a small confectionery shop in the old town of Zürich, producing chocolates under the name David Sprüngli & Son.
The Confiserie Sprüngli (/ s p uː n ɡ l ə ə / sprong-lee; English: Sprüngli Confectionery) is a Swiss luxury confectionery manufacturer and retailer headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. Founded in 1836 by David Sprüngli , it has been an independent company from Lindt & Sprüngli since 1892. [ 1 ]
David Robert Sprüngli (born 1814) Johann Rudolf Sprüngli, colloquially Rudolf Sprüngli (1816-1897); [3] married to Elisabetha Ammann; two sons; Rudolf Sprüngli (1847-1926), David Robert Sprüngli (1851-1944). [7] In 1838, Sprüngli took the municipal citizenship of Zurich, and became a member of the Zunft zur Schiffleuten (Guild) in 1839.
Sprüngli may refer to: Confiserie Sprüngli , a Swiss luxury confectionery manufacturer known for its "Luxemburgerli" macaroons Lindt & Sprüngli AG, more commonly known as Lindt, a Swiss chocolate and confectionery company
A group of 104 rocket scientists at Fort Bliss, Texas. Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from the former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945 and 1959.
Rudolf Lindt (16 July 1855 – 20 February 1909), often known by his francized name Rodolphe Lindt, was a Swiss chocolate maker, chocolatier and inventor. He founded the Lindt brand of Swiss chocolate and invented the conching machine [ 1 ] and other processes to improve the quality of chocolate.
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments.The first enactment, Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes).
Rudolf Amann (born 3 June 1961) is a German biochemist and microbiologist. He is director of Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPIMM) in Bremen [ 1 ] and Professor for Microbial Ecology at the University of Bremen .