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The croissant is a "viennoiserie" (from the city of Vien in Austria).

It was invented in the 17th century, and Marie Antoinette (Louis XVI's wife) who was from Vien brought and popularised the croissant in France.

It probably comes from the "Hörnchen" (little horn in German) which was a patisserie representing the ottoman cross.

The legend has it that the Turkish surprise attack during the night was thwarted by the bakers who gave the alarm because they were waken early. This ended the siege of Vien by the Turks in 1683. To commemorate this victory, the bakers were allowed to make this patisserie.

So, French did not invent the delicious "Viennoiserie".

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It is sometimes alleged that the croissant was invented by bakers in Vienna to celebrate the survival of the city and the defeat of the Muslim Turks who had besieged it. In France, Croissants, pain au raisin, pain au chocolat and other such products made of a flaky, butter enriched, yeast-raised pastry are collectively known as la viennoiserie referring back to their supposed origins. However no proof of this "history" exists and the croissant was not invented but just evolved by bakers experimenting. Its flakiness resembles that of other pastries found around the Mediterranean such as filo and pastilla and more distantly the butter parathas found in India.

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13y ago

From Wien in Austria.

Popularised by Queen Marie-Antoinette who was Austrian.

The form of the pastry comes from the German "horchen" (Cross) and symbolised the Ottoman cross, it was created after the end of Wien's siege by the Ottomans during which the bakers alarmed the city of a night attack.

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It commemorates the final victory of the Holy Roman Empire over the Turks at the Battle of Vienna in 1683 (or possibly a previous battle of Vienna in 1529). The crescent shape is taken from the flag of the Ottoman Empire. The croissant is said to have been brought to France by Marie-Antoinette, and in fact pastries made of flaky bread dough are known collectively in French as Viennoiseries.

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It means crescent in French which is where they originate from, though they were originally imitations of an Austrian pastry, the kipfel.

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Because croissant means crescent, and that is their shape.

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