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Johann Georg Lahner

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Johann Georg Lahner

Birth
Landkreis Forchheim, Bavaria, Germany
Death
23 Apr 1845 (aged 72)
Vienna, Austria
Burial
Vienna, Wien Stadt, Vienna, Austria Add to Map
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is considered the inventor of wieners and sold such in his butcher shop. The master craftsman was the founder of the family business in the Austrian capital.

Johann Georg Lahner, who was born Franke, had become the respected man and was awarded the Wiener in 1842 civil rights awarded. Shortly after handing over the operation to his son Franz Lahner, died in 1845. The cause of death was pericardial dropsy on the death certificate. Lahners final resting place in the Vienna Central Cemetery was leveled in 1975.


Gasseldorf - home of the inventor of the Wiener. The plaque reads:
JOHANN GEORG LAHNER was born in Gasseldorf on Aug. 13th, 1772. He apprenticed the butcher trade in Frankfurt[/Main] and founded a butcher's shop in Vienna in 1804. In 1805, he produced for the first time the now world-famous Wiener (a.k.a. Frank) according to this own recipe.

is considered the inventor of wieners and sold such in his butcher shop. The master craftsman was the founder of the family business in the Austrian capital.

Johann Georg Lahner, who was born Franke, had become the respected man and was awarded the Wiener in 1842 civil rights awarded. Shortly after handing over the operation to his son Franz Lahner, died in 1845. The cause of death was pericardial dropsy on the death certificate. Lahners final resting place in the Vienna Central Cemetery was leveled in 1975.


Gasseldorf - home of the inventor of the Wiener. The plaque reads:
JOHANN GEORG LAHNER was born in Gasseldorf on Aug. 13th, 1772. He apprenticed the butcher trade in Frankfurt[/Main] and founded a butcher's shop in Vienna in 1804. In 1805, he produced for the first time the now world-famous Wiener (a.k.a. Frank) according to this own recipe.


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