| Anna Sacher | |
| Birth Name: | Anna Maria Fuchs |
| Birth Date: | 2 January 1859 |
| Birth Place: | Vienna, Austria |
| Death Place: | Vienna, Austria |
| Occupation: | Hotel proprietor |
| Father: | Johann Fuchs |
| Relatives: | Franz Sacher (Father in Law) |
Anna Sacher (Fuchs; 2 January 1859 — 25 February 1930) was an Austrian hotel owner and proprietor, who was the owner of the world famous Hotel Sacher.[1] [2] [3] She was the daughter-in-law of Franz Sacher.[4]
Anna was born on 2 January 1859 in Vienna, Austria. Her father Johann Fuchs was a butcher.[5] Anna grew up in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of the Austrian capital, where she attended school and used to help her father in his butcher's shop.[6]
In 1880, she married the restaurateur and hotelier Eduard Sacher (1843-1892), the son of Rosa and Franz Sacher, inventors of the later world-famous Sachertorte, which was later made in the Hotel Sacher confectionery.[7] Anna had three children with her husband: Eduard Junior, Franziska, and Anna ("Anni").[8] In 1876, Eduard Sacher opened his hotel on the Vienna Philharmonic Street.[9] Within a few years, it was valued for its elegance, exclusivity, and top gastronomy. After her husband died in 1892, Anna took over the management of the house and the hotel. In the following decades, she made the Hotel Sacher one of the most famous hotels in Europe with her gastronomic knowledge and her unique corporate style.
Anna Sacher received numerous awards at culinary art exhibitions as a hotel manager. Her fondness for cigars and for small French Bulldogs (so-called "Sacher-Bullys"), which she also bred herself under her kennel name "Dernier cri".[10] In 1929 Anna Sacher retired from hotel management.Anna Sacher died in Vienna on 25 February 1930.[11] She was buried in the Dornbacher Friedhof (Dornbach Cemetery) in Vienna.