{"id":22939,"date":"2020-03-22T05:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T04:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=22939"},"modified":"2025-08-24T16:50:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T15:50:38","slug":"heiner-konditorei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/heiner-konditorei\/","title":{"rendered":"L. Heiner Konditorei"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/heinersmall.jpg\" alt=\"The Heiner sign\" class=\"wp-image-22961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/heinersmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/heinersmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>History and Heiner have more in common than the same capital letter. This Caf\u00e9-Konditorei makes Vienna&#8217;s established coffee houses look like teenagers. A place for cake, comfort and (excuse me for saying so) a good gossip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First established around 1840<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inventor of the Kardinalschnitte cake<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8230;one of many, many cakes available<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Several branches in the city<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find a 2-hr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/vienna-walking-tours-l205287\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Coffee\" rel=\"sponsored\">walking tour<\/a>* for your Vienna trip<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/konditorei\/\">Cake shops<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/coffee-houses\/\">Coffee houses<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coffee &amp; Cardinals<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/heiner.jpg\" alt=\"L. Heiner Konditorei on Wollzeile\" class=\"wp-image-44239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/heiner.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/heiner-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Wollzeile branch. the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/k-k\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"12865\">K. &amp; K. Hofzuckerb\u00e4cker title<\/a> refers to the company&#8217;s former designation as a supplier to the Imperial court)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most locations in Vienna come with a thick veneer of history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So much so that you almost start to shrug on learning that Beethoven once ate a croissant in this inn. Or yawn at yet another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/jugendstil\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31716\">Jugendstil<\/a> ceiling above your cappuccino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But let us make an exception for the L. Heiner Konditorei because we have true tradition here. This family business is now in its sixth generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider the premises we visited on the Wollzeile: a bakery opened on the site around 175 years ago with L. Heiner&#8217;s founder taking over in 1852 (some 12 years after he first went into business).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kardinalschnitte.jpg\" alt=\"Kardinalschnitte\" class=\"wp-image-45169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kardinalschnitte.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kardinalschnitte-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(A Kardinalschnitte we bought from L. Heiner. The colours symbolise those of the Vatican)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just to put that in perspective: Charles Dickens had yet to write <em>David Copperfield<\/em> when the first Viennese enjoyed a baked slice of something sweet in the very establishment we sat in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A wide counter, bursting with the confectioner&#8217;s art, confronted us as soon as we entered the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The selection included, of course, the <em>Kardinalschnitte<\/em>, one of the mainstays of the Vienna <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/vienna-cakes\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"22533\">cake portfolio<\/a> and invented by the founder&#8217;s grandson Ludwig Heiner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ludwig&#8217;s creation honoured one Cardinal Theodor Innitzer on the occasion of the September 1933 General German Catholic Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-content-type=\"product\" data-content-ids=\"1029262,976190\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_HistoryTours\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The difference between this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/heiner-konditorei\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"22939\">Caf\u00e9-Konditorei<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/coffee-houses\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7689\">traditional coffee house<\/a> came across in more than just the former&#8217;s wider range of cakes, pastries, and handmade chocolates (decorated with the imperial and municipal insignia of approval granted the Heiner family).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bentwood-style chairs, for example, had upholstered backs and rested on a carpeted floor. And the vaulted ceiling, mirrors and hardwood fittings gave it all a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/biedermeier\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"29296\">Biedermeier air<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nor was L. Heiner full of alcoves with cabals of political agitators plotting glorious revolution or penniless authors searching for inspiration. Though to be fair, you don&#8217;t see too many in the traditional coffee houses either, these days.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Heinerold.jpg\" alt=\"Old photo of the Heiner HQ\" class=\"wp-image-65913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Heinerold.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Heinerold-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Old photo of the Wollzeile location; press photo \u00a9 L.Heiner OG)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The coffee and cake did come on a silver tray, but without the typical white crockery of the traditional coffee house. Instead, we had patterned plates and cups in a kind of English country style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our waitress certainly knew her cake recipes and proved friendly and efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The word hubbub might even have been invented for the place, which seemed particularly popular with the somewhat older ladies of town. And I say that with respect, given I&#8217;m becoming a somewhat older man.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/heiner2024.jpg\" alt=\"Heiner Konditorei at night\" class=\"wp-image-77427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/heiner2024.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/heiner2024-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Looking even better lit up after dusk)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, yes, I had a Kardinalschnitte, thereby eating a cake around 90 years after it was invented (possibly on this very spot)&#8230;in a Konditorei opened around the time of the 1848 revolutions in Europe and owned by a family business that began when Mozart&#8217;s wife was still alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t you love history? (And cake.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to L. Heiner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of writing, L. Heiner has four locations in Vienna (including, by chance, one just down the road from me in a quiet unobtrusive part of town): see the website below for details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned, we visited the oldest site at Wollzeile 9 in the city centre. Another option nearby is the branch at K\u00e4rntnerstrasse 21-23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subway: Just a short walk from Stephansplatz station (U3 and U1 lines), and close to both Stubentor (U3) and Schwedenplatz (U1 and U4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tram\/bus: Take any of the old town buses (1A, 2A, and 3A) to Stephansplatz, the 3A to Riemergasse, or the 2A to Rotenturmstra\u00dfe. At a pinch, you could also take the tram 2 to Stubentor or trams 1 and 2 to Schwedenplatz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wollzeile is a bit of a cake and food paradise. The same road has, for example, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/cafe-diglas\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"43560\">Diglas<\/a>, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/aida\/\">Aida<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/cafe-pruckel\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"10344\">Caf\u00e9 Pr\u00fcckel<\/a> (one of Vienna&#8217;s older coffee houses).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The street also features a double dose of Viennese food and culinary culture, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/figlmuller\/\">Figlm\u00fcller<\/a> restaurant famous for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/wiener-schnitzel\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"45\">Schnitzel<\/a> and the Plachutta Wollzeile restaurant famous for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/tafelspitz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2047\">Tafelspitz<\/a> beef dish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Wollzeile 9, 1010 Vienna | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heiner.co.at\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1qxMhuM31vUOcHvWtm9QzWRPeiURPKwCX\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History and Heiner have more in common than the same capital letter. 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