Bürgerliches Brauhaus München Public Limited Company was a nineteenth-century large-scale
brewery
A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of b ...
in
Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...
.
It came into existence in 1880, when the Zenger Brewery of the Hierl family was transformed into a public limited company. Its first managing directors were the brothers Georg and Carl Proebst, the latter being succeeded by Konrad Euler. First Brewery Inspectors and Master Brewers were Johann Baptist Kuttendreier and Ludwig Bauer.
On December 28, 1921 and effective September 1, 1920, the Bürgerliche Brauhaus was merged with
Löwenbräu Public Limited Company. At that time, the company owned a brewery, a malthouse, four large beer halls and gardens (
Bürgerbräukeller
The Bürgerbräukeller (; "citizen brew cellar") was a large beer hall in Munich, Germany. Opened in 1885, it was one of the largest beer halls of the Bürgerliches Brauhaus. Bürgerliches merged with Löwenbräu, which thereby became the hall's ...
in München-Haidhausen, Restaurant "Bürgerbräu" in the Inner City of Munich, the Bürgerbräu Terraces in Pullach and in Menterschwaige) as well as the protected trademarks "Hellquell" und "Triumphator".
Bibliography
Behringer, Wolfgang:
Löwenbräu. Von den Anfängen des Münchner Brauwesens bis zur Gegenwart. München 1991.
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Defunct brewery companies of Munich
Companies established in 1880
1880 establishments in Germany