Becker Brewery
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| founding | 1877 |
| resolution | 1998 |
| Seat | St. Ingbert , Germany |
| Branch | brewery |
The brewery Gebrüder Becker (also Becker Brewery ) was a brewery in St. Ingbert from 1877 to 1998 and is one of the oldest breweries in Saarland , which survived the years 1906 to 1918. From the breweries' point of view, this period was characterized by the introduction of customs tariffs for raw material procurement and beer sales, the introduction of temporary taxes and Taxes, economic fluctuations in the Saar region, which is very susceptible to this (coal and steel district) and of course the First World War with all its effects.
The head office was at Kaiserstrasse 170-174. The Beckerturm still shapes the cityscape today . Like the Donnerbräu brewery in Saarlouis, Becker exported its various types of beer worldwide.
The premises of the former brewery in St. Ingbert have been used for different purposes since 1998, so the Beckerturm now houses the Saarland Carnival Museum .
A Saarland brewery
As with the " Actienbrauerei Merzig " (also Aktienbrauerei Merzig) and the "Actienbrauerei Saarlouis" (also Aktien-Brauerei Saarlouis, ABS) it was not an original brewery in the Saar area , as the same was only due to the Versailles Treaty of June 28, 1919 was founded with effect from January 11, 1920. Before that, the town of St. Ingbert belonged to the Rheinpfalz , which can be clearly seen from the brewery's letterheads at the time, which until January 10, 1920 still bore the words "Rheinpfalz".
history
In 1877 the brothers Friedrich, Karl and Georg Becker, sons of St. Ingbert's citizen Friedrich Becker (1819–1891) and his wife Charlotte, née. Emmerling (1825–1889), the Groß'sche brewery in St. Ingbert, which was re-established on October 1, 1877 and operated under the name of the Gebrüder Becker brewery . In the years 1925–1931 the Becker tower and a new brewhouse were built. The Becker brewery bought Donnerbräu GmbH in Saarlouis in 1954 . This has been under the management of Peter and Niko Becker since 1950. As a branch office, beer was brewed in the Donnerbräu until 1978. In 1989 the Becker brewery was taken over by the Karlsberg brewery . This stopped production in St. Ingbert in 1997. The brewing operations were relocated to the Karlsberg Brewery in Homburg . Meanwhile, the “Innovationspark am Becker-Turm” was founded in St. Ingbert.
The Becker's Pils beer is still produced today.
Becker brothers - three generations
If you look at the history of the brewery, a generation-related division is appropriate. The first generation consisted of the three brothers Friedrich Becker ( brewer ), Georg Becker ( cooper ) and Karl Becker ( businessman ), who complemented each other professionally and from October 1, 1877 by taking over the brewery Groß, with an output of around 800 hectoliters per year, which laid the foundation for the later success of the Becker brewery. The second generation was made up of cousins Fritz Becker (technical management) and Reinhold Becker (commercial management). The third generation was provided by Peter and Niko Becker. During her time, the Donnerbräu brewery was taken over and, after the death of Peter Becker, the brewery was later sold to Karlsberg.
Acquisitions
- 1954 Donner-Brauerei GmbH
- 1967 Paqué KG brewery
Types of beer
In the course of its company history, the brewery expanded its product range and built up brands for the individual beer products. The better-known varieties included Beckers Pils, Beckers Extra, Beckers Export, Beckers Bock and Beckers Ultra Strong, the last brand only being used in France. After taking over the Donnerbrauerei Saarlouis , Becker had Vitamalz brewed there under license since the 1970s .
The Paqué KG brewery, founded in St. Wendel in 1836 , controlled the brands "Wendalinusbräu", "Felsenkeller" and "St. Wendeler Bier ”, the Donnerbräu, if only for a short time, their own brands, such as B. Donner Pils.
Notation
There was no uniform spelling of the product name over time. Until the 1960s they wrote Becker's beer , then for a period of about 20 years, Becker Beer , which was reflected in the language. During this time, people ordered and drank a Becker beer , not a Becker beer . Following this, the apostrophe has recently found its way back into the product name. Even before the spelling reform , however, the (never used) spelling Becker's beer as a genitive form would have been grammatically and orthographically correct at all times. According to the latest reading, the last used, apostrophized spelling must even be regarded as incorrect , even if the apostrophe was last symbolized by the company logo. According to the people, the reason for the sudden change in spelling was a risk of confusion with the products of Beck’s brewery, which has always been consistently (and incorrectly!) Apostrophized. However, there was no evidence of a competition law dispute with the competing company.
literature
- Andreas Neumann: All about Donnerbräu Saarlouis - Project volume November 2009: donnerbraeu.rodena.de . Books on Demand, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8391-4107-6 . , 2nd Edition
- Claus Hoffmann-Güth: The development of the Karlsberg brewery, 1918–1992: from a simple medium-sized enterprise to a group of companies in the mirror of regional history and in comparison to the development of the industry , Verlag SDV, 1998, 413 pages, ISBN 3-930843-32-3
- Werner Hellenthal: 150 years of the city of St. Ingbert (1829–1979): a commemorative publication on the occasion of the 150th birthday of the city administration of St. Ingbert , 1979, 579 pages
Web links
- Information pages RODENA Heimatkundeverein Roden eV for the brewery Gebr. Becker
- Information page on the Becker Brewery by Reinhard Buerck
- Becker Brewery Choir
- Innovation park at the Beckerturm
Individual evidence
- ^ Neumann 2009, p. 53.
- ↑ See Reinhard Buerck website
- ↑ Information page on the Becker brewery. In: bier-der-saar.de. Retrieved February 19, 2011 .
- ↑ http://www.karlsberg.de/Produkte
- ↑ Neumann 2009, pp. 207-209.
- ^ Neumann 2009, p. 211.
- ^ Neumann 2009, p. 211.
Coordinates: 49 ° 16 ′ 56 ″ N , 7 ° 7 ′ 20 ″ E