{"id":5349,"date":"2024-03-04T16:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T15:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafehawelka.server6.dev-web.at\/cafe\/history\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T10:36:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T08:36:53","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hawelka.at\/en\/cafe\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<section class=\"section section-bottom-space\" id=\"section_473520729\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width\"  id=\"row-167076775\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2122761804\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-373598222\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/hawelka.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/BuchtelnImHawelka_-scaled.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>                        <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-2097698911\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y55 lg-y55 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n<h1>Tradition has history<\/h1>\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-2097698911 {\n  width: 80%;\n}\n#text-box-2097698911 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-2097698911 {\n    width: 60%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-373598222 {\n  padding-top: 35vh;\n  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#banner-373598222 .overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-373598222 {\n    padding-top: 50vh;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_473520729 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section section-bottom-space\" id=\"section_2014769981\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-center\"  id=\"row-409664795\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1514487270\" class=\"col medium-10 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Hawelka is much more than just a place to stop for a coffee. It is part of Vienna&#8217;s comprehensive cultural history &#8211; combined with wit and charm. The caf\u00e9 is still considered an artists&#8217; caf\u00e9 in Vienna today &#8211; be it because of the numerous writers and artists from the past who have left their mark here, or because of the young intellectuals who like to frequent it time and again. The caf\u00e9 has been run by the Hawelka family for three generations now and offers not only an ambience full of history, but also its own roasting plant in Vienna&#8217;s 23rd district, where a variety of coffees are produced using traditional drum roasting.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1514487270 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_2014769981 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section section-bottom-space\" id=\"section_1355450678\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-477824365\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1981771507\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-collapse\"  id=\"row-972172780\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-581028223\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-3\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>Beginning of the story<\/h3>\n<p>Caf\u00e9 Hawelka in Vienna&#8217;s 1st district is one of the last of the great Central European traditions of literary and artistic coffee houses, such as Caf\u00e9 Central in Vienna before the First World War and Caf\u00e9 Herrenhof before the Second World War. It is still run by the Hawelka family, just as Leopold Hawelka and his wife Josefine once did 80 years ago when they opened the caf\u00e9.<br>When it all started together in 1936&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Leopold Hawelka began his long career as a caf\u00e9 owner with the Caf\u00e9 Alt Wien in B\u00e4ckerstra\u00dfe in 1936. But in May 1939, the Hawelkas decided to take over the run-down Caf\u00e9 Karl in Dorotheergasse. These premises were originally opened in 1913 as the &#8220;Chatham Bar&#8221;, the first &#8220;American Bar&#8221; in Vienna, with live music and a chambre separ\u00e9e (now a storage room). The elegant interior design, parts of which have survived to this day, was by Rudolf Schindler, a student of Otto Wagner and Adolf Loos, who later also worked in Frank Lloyd Wright&#8217;s studio in the USA. The paneled ceiling at the back of the coffee house was only rediscovered and opened by chance by Mr. Hawelka in the sixties.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-581028223 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 15px 20px 10px 20px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-581028223 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 30px 30px 20px 30px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #col-581028223 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 40px 40px 30px 40px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-170008632\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4 small-col-first\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1995794475\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1663\" height=\"2500\" src=\"https:\/\/hawelka.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cafe-Hawelka-1.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1995794475 {\n  padding-top: 300px;\n  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\n}\n#banner-1995794475 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 24% 41%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-1995794475 {\n    padding-top: 150%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1355450678 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section section-bottom-space\" id=\"section_1660116717\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-1296055641\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-283225775\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-351881672\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1788\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/hawelka.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/leopold-hawelka-madonna1-300-dpi-scaled.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-351881672 {\n  padding-top: 300px;\n  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\n}\n#banner-351881672 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 24% 41%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-351881672 {\n    padding-top: 150%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-488482121\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-collapse\"  id=\"row-409738098\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-771780169\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-3\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>The history of the coffee house<\/h3>\n<p>The outbreak of war in September 1939 forced the new Caf\u00e9 Hawelka to close. When the Hawelkas returned to Vienna in 1945, they found that their coffee house had miraculously survived the war without a single broken pane of glass, despite the considerable damage to most of the surrounding buildings. The house was also one of the first to be reconnected to the public supply network. Post-war Vienna was vividly portrayed in Carol Reed&#8217;s famous movie &#8220;The Third Man&#8221;; in fact, the Casanova Bar featured in the movie is next door to the Hawelka. Despite all the shortcomings of the destroyed infrastructure and the dangers of the black market, the Hawelkas were able to acquire the most important supplies and reopen the coffee house in December 1945.<br>The difficult beginning<\/p>\n<p>The coffee was prepared on a wood stove and when the cold winter came, Mr. Hawelka himself had to take a handcart and collect firewood in the Vienna Woods while Mrs. Hawelka took care of the guests. The coffee house soon became a conveniently located, central meeting place for the inhabitants of an occupied and divided city and for those returning from the war or emigration, it provided the ideal environment to escape from the misery of the times. The warm and peaceful atmosphere of the coffee house proved particularly attractive to writers and intellectuals, for many of whom it soon became a second home.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-771780169 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 15px 20px 10px 20px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-771780169 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 30px 30px 20px 30px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #col-771780169 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 40px 40px 30px 40px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1660116717 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section section-bottom-space\" id=\"section_250733794\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-1359421067\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1078129887\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-collapse\"  id=\"row-425869001\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-338585023\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-3\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>A coffee house is discovered<\/h3>\n<p>After the Allies left Vienna in 1955, Caf\u00e9 Hawelka was frequented by writers such as Friedrich Torberg, Heimito von Doderer, Hilde Spiel and Hans Weigel. When Caf\u00e9 Herrenhof closed in 1961, most of the remaining members of the influential circle of writers moved to Hawelka and the small coffee house reigned unchallenged as the literary caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>The late fifties and early sixties were not only a time of great literary and artistic activity in Austria, but also of great economic growth. The new Italian-style espresso bars that were opening all over Vienna at the time seemed much better suited to the faster pace of life than the traditional coffee house, and indeed many large coffee houses were closed to make way for banks or car showrooms. Mr. Hawelka&#8217;s only concession to modernity was to install an espresso machine (which irritated some patrons with its noise), but the coffee house survived as a timeless space thanks to the loyalty of its regulars.<\/p>\n<p>One wall was covered with posters advertising the latest exhibitions, concerts and readings (an innovation by Mr. Hawelka that has now found favour in most caf\u00e9s in Austria), while on the other walls grew Mr. Hawelka&#8217;s collection of pictures of his more talented guests (always bought at market price!).<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-338585023 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 15px 20px 10px 20px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-338585023 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 30px 30px 20px 30px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #col-338585023 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 40px 40px 30px 40px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-545485117\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4 small-col-first\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1150048381\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1922\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/hawelka.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cafe-Geschichte-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1150048381 {\n  padding-top: 300px;\n  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\n}\n#banner-1150048381 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 24% 41%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-1150048381 {\n    padding-top: 150%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_250733794 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section section-bottom-space\" id=\"section_476724297\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-1296390402\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1107643505\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1077986144\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/hawelka.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cafe-Hawelka.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1077986144 {\n  padding-top: 300px;\n  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\n}\n#banner-1077986144 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 74% 58%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-1077986144 {\n    padding-top: 150%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1723660510\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-collapse\"  id=\"row-1121122038\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1929982799\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-3\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>The great age of art and literature<\/h3>\n<p>During the sixties and seventies, Caf\u00e9 Hawelka represented everything that was fresh and energetic in the Viennese art scene. Just like most of the members of Fantastic Realism, regular guests included the poet H.C. Artmann, the writers Gerhard R\u00fchm and Konrad Bayer, the actors Helmut Qualtinger and Oskar Werner, the multimedia artist Andr\u00e9 Heller, the conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, the architect Friedrich Achleitner, the singer Georg Danzer and the photographer Franz Hubmann, who immortalized the coffee house through his pictures over the decades. Celebrities from abroad never failed to visit Caf\u00e9 Hawelka when they were in Vienna: Elias Canetti, Henry Miller, Arthur Miller and Andy Warhol, to name but a few. Politicians and journalists flocked to the coffee house to discover the latest trends. The crowds came to see and be seen, and Caf\u00e9 Hawelka became an institution, and Mr. and Mrs. Hawelka became as famous as their guests.<\/p>\n<p>Caf\u00e9 Hawelka&#8217;s reputation extended into the guidebooks and as the enfants terribles of the sixties were accepted into the establishment and took up lecturing positions, their places in the caf\u00e9s were taken by tourists and those hoping to bask in the limelight of the other celebrities.<\/p>\n<p>While the golden years are probably over, it is the outside world that has changed, not Caf\u00e9 Hawelka. It is still a refuge for many artists, writers and musicians.<\/p>\n<p>The third generation of Hawelkas now works in the coffee house. Mr. G\u00fcnter Hawelka presides during the day, greeting each guest personally, and in the late evening, as on every evening for three quarters of a century, the aroma of Mrs. Hawelka&#8217;s legendary Buchteln wafts through the room.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1929982799 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 15px 20px 10px 20px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-1929982799 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 30px 30px 20px 30px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #col-1929982799 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 40px 40px 30px 40px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_476724297 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4870,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blank.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5349","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawelka.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawelka.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawelka.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawelka.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawelka.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5349"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/hawelka.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5702,"href":"https:\/\/hawelka.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5349\/revisions\/5702"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawelka.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawelka.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}