Gasseldorf - home of the inventor of the Wiener. The plaque reads:…read moreJOHANN GEORG LAHNER was born in Gasseldorf on Aug. 13th, 1772. He apprenticed the butcher trade in Frankfurt[/Main] and founded a butcher's shop in Vienna in 1804. In 1805, he produced for the first time the now world-famous Wiener (a.k.a. Frank) according to this own recipe.