Karol Wedel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Karol Wedel

German businessman

Date of Birth: 07-Feb-1813

Place of Birth: Neuenkirchen, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Date of Death: 17-Jun-1902

Profession: pastry chef

Nationality: Poland, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Karol Wedel

  • Karol Ernest Wedel (born Karl Ernst Wedel, 1813 – 1902) was a German confectioner of the Wedel family, who settled in (then partitioned) Poland. He was a member of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland. Wedel came to Warsaw at the beginning of 1845 and began to work with Karol Grohnert, who was an owner of a confectionery store at 12 Piwna Street.
  • The collaboration between them was a success and won them a large group of loyal customers. Soon afterwards, around 1851, Wedel became financially independent and opened his own store at 12 Miodowa Street, and next door, a steam-powered factory making chocolate.
  • His company, E.Wedel would grow into one of the leading confectionery companies in Poland.
  • A year later, he introduced his widely popular "karmelki smietankowe" ("cream caramels"); the caramels' success was aided by an advertising campaign in "Kurier Warszawski" daily newspaper. Another product made popular by Wedel was drinking chocolate.
  • The store was selling over fifty cups a day.
  • As the years passed, more products, under the brands, "Brilliant" and "Dessert", were introduced. Wedel married Karolina Wisnowska (1819-1893), daughter of another famous Warsaw confectioner.
  • In 1864, Wedel's son, Emil Albert Fredryk Wedel (1841-1919) returned from an apprenticeship tour of confectioneries in Germany, Switzerland, England, and France, and received a Ph.D.
  • in chemistry (in particular food chemistry).
  • On his return he joined the family business.
  • In 1876, his father gave him the company as a wedding gift on the day of his marriage.

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