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{{short description|Austrian pastry shop and chocolaterie established in 1786}}
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{{for|people named Demel|Demel (surname)}}
{{Infobox company
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== Location ==
[[File:Café Demel interior4, Vienna.jpg|thumb|left|Interior]]
The building is located in the central [[Innere Stadt]] district on [[Kohlmarkt, Vienna|Kohlmarkt]] 14 near [[Hofburg Palace]]. The interior was designed by Portois and Fix decorators in a [[Baroque Revival architecture|Neo-baroque]] style. The white-aproned waitresses — the ''Demelinerinnen'' — usually address the customers in a traditional [[honorific]] third person [[Style (manner of address)|style]], "''Haben schon gewählt?''" or "''Wollen etwas zu sich nehmen, wenn belieben?''".<ref>{{citation |title =
Demel temporarily had one additional location in Salzburg, which was closed in March 2012. The company formerly had a small cafe at [[Plaza Hotel|The Plaza]]'s Retail Collection in [[New York City]], but this location has since closed (as of March 2010). The corporate website indicates they are continuing to look for a new location to operate in New York.
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The ''k.k. Hofzuckerbäckerei'' pastry shop was founded on Michaelerplatz by Ludwig Dehne, a confectioner from [[Duchy of Württemberg|Württemberg]]. Upon his early death in 1799, the business was continued by his widow for their minor son August Dehne. In 1813 she purchased the house on Michaelerplatz 14. August Dehne inherited the company in 1832 and successfully managed the business, however, as his son pursued an academic career, he sold the company to his journeyman Christoph Demel in 1857.
Renamed ''Ch. Demel's Söhne'' in 1867, Christoph Demel's sons Joseph and Karl continued the business and were granted the title of a purveyor to the [[House of Lorraine|Habsburg]] court by Emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]] in 1874. When in 1888 the old [[Burgtheater]] on Michaelerplatz was demolished combined with a general refurbishment of the whole square, they moved the confectionery around the corner to Kohlmarkt, where the company is still located today in its original building. In the
The company was headed by Demel's heirs until 1972, when the entrepreneur [[Udo Proksch]] bought it and established the ''Club 45'' on the first floor, a popular venue of the Vienna [[High society (social class)|high society]]. After Proksch was arrested for his involvement in the ''[[Lucona]]'' affair in 1989, the [[Raiffeisen Zentralbank|Raiffeisen Bank]] became the owner of the famous company. In 2002 the [[Do & Co]] restaurants and catering company took over Demel.
[[File:Demel-Sign.jpg|thumb|Demel exterior sign]]
==Legal issues==
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==Demel Museum==
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The Vienna site features a museum with artifacts about the history of the Imperial chocolate-making bakery.
==See also==
* [[List of restaurants in Vienna]]
==References==
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== External links ==
{{commonscat|Ch. Demel’s Söhne}}
▲{{Portal|Vienna|Food}}
* [http://www.demel.at/en/index_en_flash.htm Demel.at]
* [http://www.demel.at/en/frames/index_wien_museum.htm Demel Museum]
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