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Piast Brewery is a defunct brewery, located in 
The brewery was founded by Carl Scholtz, and until 1910, its name was ''Brauerei Pfeifferhof Carl Scholtz''. By 1945, the enterprise changed names three times:
* Schultheiss`Brauerei AG, Abt. V (ZBv.Berlin) (1910–1920),
* Schultheiss- Patzenhofer- Brauerei AG, Abt. V (1920–1938),
* Schultheiss- Brauerei AG Berlin, Abt. Breslau (1938–1945).
In 1945, when ''Breslau'' was annexed by Poland, the brewery took on the name Piast Brewery, honoring the Piast dynasty, the legendary first Polish historical Royal dynasty that ruled the country from its beginnings until 1370. The name was not changed till 2005. Right after World War II, the production process was run by Polish brewmasters from the brewery of Lwów, who had been ordered to leave their native city and move to the
Piast Brewery is a defunct brewery, located in Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
, Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
. It was founded in 1872, when the city of Wrocław, known as ''Breslau'', belonged to the German Empire.
The brewery was founded by Carl Scholtz, and until 1910, its name was ''Brauerei Pfeifferhof Carl Scholtz''. By 1945, the enterprise changed names three times:
* Schultheiss`Brauerei AG, Abt. V (ZBv.Berlin) (1910–1920),
* Schultheiss- Patzenhofer- Brauerei AG, Abt. V (1920–1938),
* Schultheiss- Brauerei AG Berlin, Abt. Breslau (1938–1945).
In 1945, when ''Breslau'' was annexed by Poland, the brewery took on the name Piast Brewery, honoring the Piast dynasty, the legendary first Polish historical Royal dynasty that ruled the country from its beginnings until 1370. The name was not changed till 2005. Right after World War II, the production process was run by Polish brewmasters from the brewery of Lwów, who had been ordered to leave their native city and move to the Recovered Territories
The Recovered Territories or Regained Lands ( pl, Ziemie Odzyskane), also known as Western Borderlands ( pl, Kresy Zachodnie), and previously as Western and Northern Territories ( pl, Ziemie Zachodnie i Północne), Postulated Territories ( pl, Z ...
. In 1951, Piast Brewery produced 350 000 hectolitres of beer and 9 000 tons of malt annually.
In 1991, the brewery became part of Wrocław's company Zakłady Piwowarskie S.A., and on January 23, 1996, it was purchased for $9 500 000 by Ryszard Varisella. In November 2001, it was bought by Carlsberg Polska
Carlsberg Polska is the Poland, Polish subsidiary of the Denmark, Danish multinational brewing company Carlsberg Group, Carlsberg. Carlsberg has 1/3 control of the Okocim Group, which included the Okocim Brewery, in 2004.
The subsidiary owns four ...
, and in 2004, brewing of beer was terminated.
Lofts
Several old buildings were destroyed in 2008. Three main buildings of the brewery, which in 2004 were entered in the register of monuments will be restored and their interiors converted into loft apartments named ''Browary Wrocławskie''.See also
*Polish beer
Beer in Poland has been brewed for well over a thousand years and has a significant history of tradition and commercial beer production. Poland is Europe's third largest beer producer, producing 36.9 million hectolitres, coming after the United K ...
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