The end of a tradition

Closing time for good at Konditorei Hutter

The staff of Konditorei Hutter with the famous Franz Klammer cake. September 15 is the final closing date.(Bild: Konditorei Hutter)

High energy costs, lack of staff: the business founded in Bad Kleinkirchheim in 1968 closes in September.

September 15th is closing time for good at the well-known Konditorei Hutter in Bad Kleinkirchheim. "We're calling it a day," says Michaela Hutter. The patisserie has been tempting customers with sweet treats every day since 1968. "We have a team of seven. One employee recently retired after 40 years, and an experienced serving lady is also leaving this summer. That's too much. Young people can't replace these two, so that's the end of it," says Hutter, who also has her sights set on politics.

"The wage bill is rising, but energy costs are now so high that there is no longer any relation to our turnover. No business can survive like this." 30 different cakes are offered every day, plus lots of marzipan. "All our recipes come from baker Hannes Weißensteiner," reports the company boss.

"We don't know what will happen"
The Franz Klammer cake is famous beyond Carinthia's borders. "Franz ate it here a few days after his Olympic victory in Innsbruck. It then became known as the Klammer cake. Incidentally, it consists of raspberry and walnut." Incidentally, the house with the patisserie belongs to WAC President Dietmar Riegler. "We don't yet know what will be made there," says wife Waltraud Riegler.