Herta Heuwer

Herta Charlotte Heuwer (née Pöppel; 30 June 1913 – 3 July 1999) owned and ran a food kiosk in West Berlin. She is frequently credited with the invention of the take-out dish that would become the world-renowned currywurst, supposedly on 4 September 1949. The original Currywurst was a boiled sausage, fried, with a sauce of tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, curry powder and other ingredients.

A commemorative plaque for Herta Heuwer

Heuwer was born in Königsberg. In January 1951, she registered a trademark[1] for her sauce, Chillup.[2]

Heuwer moved her business to a larger facility at Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 59, which, during its heyday, was open day and night and employed 19 saleswomen. On 29 June 2003, the day before what would have been her 90th birthday, a plaque was dedicated in her honor at this address.[3][4] Heuwer died in Berlin, aged 86.

On 30 June 2013, the centenary of Heuwer's birthday, was celebrated with a Google Doodle.

References
  1. Warenzeichenblatt Nr. 4 vom 28. Februar 1959, Teil II (eingetragene Zeichen) S. 327, https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/uebersicht; http://www.historische-rezeptwerkstatt.de/images/patent.jpg%5B%5D
  2. Paterson, Tony (15 August 2009). "Spicy sausage that is worthy of a shrine in Berlin". The Independent. London, UK. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  3. Monika Thiemen, Profile, berlin.de; accessed 11 March 2016.(in German)
  4. WeiberWirtschaft e. G Standort für Chefinnen, accessed 18 November 2014.
  5. Petra Foede, Wie Bismarck auf den Hering kam. Kulinarische Legenden. Kein & Aber, Zürich 2009; ISBN 978-3-0369-5268-0.
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