ANNA SACHER: L'HOTEL - C'EST MOI!
Since 1832 the Viennes Sacher Torte is the most famous cake in the world. It was invented at the kitchen of the mighty chancellor Metternich. The name of the young kitchen apprentice was Sacher. Franz Sacher. His Sacher Torte is one of the culinary ambassadors of Austria.
The hotel Sacher opened its doors in 1876 under the management of Eduard Sacher, the son of Franz. But it was his wife Anna who became the most legendary female hotelier in history. After Eduard's death in 1892, she took over and reigned the hotel and ist various outlets with remarkable style.
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Date: 01/15/2009
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Since 1876 it grew into a grand hotel: the Sacher Vienna.
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Hotel Sacher Wien 1832-Metternich
Imperial Chancellor Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von Metternich, the “Coachman of Europe.” His kitchen generated Lucullan delights such as “Tournedos Metternich” “Loin à la Metternich” or “Schnepfentimbal Metternich”.
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Hotel Sacher Wien 1840S-Sacher Franz
Franz Sacher (16 December 1816 - 11 March 1907), the man who gave the world a chocolate cake that is today more famous than ever before.
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Hotel Sacher Wien 1890-Eduard Sacher
Eduard Sacher, son of the ingenious chef Franz Sacher, became a legendary restaurateur in his own right. He founded the hotel, he made the cake famous and he married Anna Fuchs.
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Pretty Anna Fuchs became Mrs Eduard Sacher, „Frau Sacher“.
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Hotel Sacher Wien 1860-Kaerntnerthort.Colour
The old imperial Hofoperntheater was called the Kärntnerthortheater as it was situated directly on the site of the old gate ("Tor"), which lead south, direction Carinthia (Kärnten). Today’s Hotel Sacher (red) is located on this site.
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Hotel Sacher Wien 1870-Restauration Ed Sacher
Today an elegant shoe shop, at that time Vienna’s finest address for delicatessen goods: Eduard Sacher’s wine and delicatessen shop on the corner of Kärntnerstraße / Maximilianstraße (today the Mahlerstraße). Eduard presented himself as an international r
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Hotel Sacher Wien 1874-Arch.DRAWING FRONT DOOR
Eduard Sacher was unable to obtain permission for such an ornate façade as sketched here.
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Hotel Sacher Wien 1875-Facade
Eduard Sacher was unable to obtain permission for such an ornate façade as sketched here.
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