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The History of the Ruszwurm Confectionary

Mrs. Ferenc Tóth, Vilmos Ruszwurm, Sándor Rosta, notary of the craftsmen’s association, József Wiener, master confectioner, Ferenc Tóth, baroness Blanka Korányi, Henrik Spelter, president of the craftsmen’s association, József Szikora, master confectioner, Lipcsey, from the craftsmen’s association, Rezső Hauer, honorary president of the craftsmen’s association, Károly Rodé, notary of the craftsmen’s association and János Németh, master confectioner.
Confectioner Ferenc Schwabl started his business in 1827 at 7 Szentháromság utca, in the Buda castle, and the cosy, long-established, but not luxurious sweets shop has been functioning at the same place continuously.
The founder died three years later and his business was taken up by Lénárt Richter, who married Schwabl’s widow and he was the former baker for Palatine Joseph.
Under the Richter era, the current furnishings were designed and created by a cabinet-maker from Krisztinaváros (allegedly by the name Krautsiedler) and by sculptor Lőrinc Dunaiszky. The interior suggests the cosy Biedermeier atmosphere of the period when the consumption of sweet products was one of the most characteristic delights.
Vilmos Ruszwurm with the Tóth couple, who were already owners, in 1928.
The items of furniture and equipment, declared to be protected, can be regarded as the most important confectionery complex in the country. Despite the major damage to the building itself, the internal equipment miraculously survived the siege in 1849 and 1944.
Behind the counter, made of cherry wood with mahogany inlay and a little door in the middle, it seems that the door in a wooden column frame leads into the romantic world of Buda in the olden days. There are glass cabinets on either side, with glittering table ornaments inside as well as with knick-knacks of the confectionery industry from over the past 50 years, including hundreds of various artistic figures: a girl playing the guitar; a teenage girl with a small hat on; porcelain sugar holders; a couple on a box that used to contain candies; a woman in a bride’s veil; a respectable gentleman in tuxedo; bishops with sweets under their high cap, with a red flag in their hands and a prayer book under their arms; pretty horses whose neck can be taken off to offer candies from their belly; Easter eggs, angels on golden boxes. You can see female figures opposite the entrance, sunrays flash out around the face of the clock above the door, and at the top an eagle is standing the test of time.

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