David Sprüngli

David Sprüngli (20 October 1776 – 14 February 1862) was a Swiss businessman, baker and confectioner. In 1836, he founded David Sprüngli & Son, now known as Confiserie Sprüngli. He was the patriarch of the Zurich-based branch of the Sprüngli family.

Early life and education Sprüngli was born 20 October 1776 in Andelfingen, Switzerland, a then rural village in the Zürcher Oberland region, to Hans Heinrich Sprüngli, a financially destitute tailor, and Elisabetha Sprüngli (née Karrer). He was raised in a modest family and was orphaned by 1784 aged 8.

He relocated to Zurich in 1797 aged 18, where he initially worked as a servant at the bakery of Hans Rudolf Koller until 1814 (also completing an apprenticeship as baker/confectioner).

Career Between 1817 and 1834, Sprüngli worked for Hans Jakob Vogel, who specialised in sweet baking goods and confectionary. Upon his death, he acquired the business, from the widow and became self-employed.

In 1836, Sprüngli purchased a commercial building, at Marktgasse. His business was now known as David Sprüngli & Son, a collective partnership with his son Rudolf Sprüngli. David Robert Sprüngli was allocated the confectionary business presently known as Confiserie Sprüngli.

Personal life In 1804, Sprüngli married Regula Rosenberger, a daughter of Heinrich Rosenberger. The marriage did not result in any issue. In 1812, he remarried to Katharina Schwarz, a daughter of Hans Schwarz. They had two sons;

David Robert Sprüngli (born 1814) Johann Rudolf Sprüngli, colloquially Rudolf Sprüngli (1816–1897);

In 1838, Sprüngli took the municipal citizenship of Zurich, and became a member of the Zunft zur Schiffleuten (Guild) in 1839. Sprüngli died in Zurich in 1862, aged 85.