The Ducal Bavarian Brewery of Tegernsee (German ''Herzoglich Bayerisches Brauhaus Tegernsee KG'') is a brewery in

Tegernsee Tegernsee is a town in the Miesbach district of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the shore of Lake Tegernsee, which is 747 m (2,451 ft) above sea level. A spa town, it is surrounded by an alpine landscape of Upper Bavaria, and has an ...

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, located inside the north wing of former

Tegernsee Abbey Tegernsee Abbey (German Kloster Tegernsee, ''Abtei Tegernsee'') is a former Benedictine monastery in the town and district of Tegernsee in Bavaria. Both the abbey and the town that grew up around it, are named after the Tegernsee, the lake on th ...

and owned by Maria Anna, Duchess in Bavaria, youngest daughter of Max, Duke in Bavaria.

History

The business traces its roots back to a brewery that was allegedly founded in the year 1050 at lake Tegernsee, where in 746 the Benedictine

had been established. However, the documented history can only be traced back to 1675, when abbot Bernd Wenzel relocated the monastery's brewery all the way from Holzkirchen to Tegernsee. A Benedictine monastery did not invariably brew beer. In fact, in the days of the monastery, most monks in Bavaria favored wine over beer. Duke Maximilian I compiled a list of all Bavarian breweries in 1604, and Tegernsee was not mentioned. And if the monastery had already had a brewery, the relocation from Holzkirchen in 1675 would not have been necessary. So, it is assumed that there has not been a brewery here before the first half of the 17th century. ource needed? Since then, the brewery has operated under a number of different names, including Tegernseer Klosterbrauerei (''"Tegernsee Monastic Brewery"''). After the secularization in the beginning of the 19th century, it was purchased in 1817 by

Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria Maximilian I Joseph (german: Maximilian I. Joseph; 27 May 1756 – 13 October 1825) was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1795 to 1799, prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph) from 1799 to 1806, then King of Bavaria (as Maximilian I Joseph) ...

from Karl Joseph von Drechsel and incorporated under the name Königlich braunes Brauhaus Tegernsee (''"Royal Brown Brewhouse of Tegernsee"''). Since then, it has been in the ownership of the House of Wittelsbach.

Corporation

Today's company behind the brewery is named Herzoglich Bayerisches Brauhaus Tegernsee KG and is still based in Tegernsee. In 2011 another filling line was erected in Gmund, only away. Inside the same building as the main production facility, restaurant Herzogliches ''Bräustüberl'' Tegernsee is located. The widely known Bräustüberl ("''Brewpub''") serves mainly Tegernseer Beer, yet is an independent company, led by Peter Hubert. Beers of Brauhaus Tegernsee were for a long time mainly popular in the local district of

Miesbach Miesbach () is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and is the capital of the Miesbach district. The district is at an altitude of 697 metres above sea level. It covers an area of approximately 863.50 km² of alpine headlands and in 2017 had a popu ...

. Yet lately the brand is marketed all over Germany.

References

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