Champagne factory JE Hubert
The Hubert champagne factory, founded in Pressburg in 1825, was the first sparkling wine producer in the Kingdom of Hungary .
introduction
In the early days of the industrialization of old Hungary, naturally, those branches of the economy where domestic resources were available first developed in Pressburg. In Pressburg this was primarily the long-established viticulture and agriculture in the area. In 1884, 53% of the machine power used was used in the food industry, which indicates the still agricultural character of the country. In 1910 the agricultural share in the national economy of Old Hungary was still approx. 60% (for comparison: German Empire 35%, Kingdom of Bohemia 38%); the industrial share, however, was only 18% ( Belgium 50%, Great Britain 46%, German Empire 38%). So it is understandable that food companies were the first to settle in Pressburg.
Champagne factory and wine shop JE Hubert
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The "Champagne Factory and Wine Shop JE Hubert", kuk court supplier , was not only the first and only company of its kind in the whole Kingdom of Hungary, but also the world's first champagne winery outside the borders of France . The “Champagne Factory”, as it was called at the time, was founded by Johann Fischer - the offspring of an old-established Pressburg bourgeois family - and Dr. Michael Schönbauer founded. Just a short time after it was founded, the company enjoyed nationwide recognition. It was mentioned with praise in a report on the " Second General Austrian Trade Product Exhibition " in 1839. It literally says: "The gentlemen exhibitors deserve an honorable mention, as their wines deserve all praise for the regular mousse and clarification as well as for the pleasant taste." (see web link). The company was already producing 10,000 bottles of sparkling wine in 1840 and was awarded a gold medal for excellent quality in 1846.
In 1877 the company then became the property of Hubert and Habermann ("Hubert & Habermann champagne factory and wine shop"). After the early death of Johann Evangelist in 1882, the company was continued by his widow Pauline Hubert. The production building stood on Landstrasse (N ° 257) in Preßburg and was demolished in the 1860s (today the skyscraper of the Technical University stands on this spot). In the 1860s, around 120,000 bottles of sparkling wine were produced here per year. The Hubert family, who came from Austria , also produced the famous “Hubert Gentry Club” sparkling wine brand, which was awarded the gold medal at the Millennium Exhibition in Budapest in 1896 . Since the “Gentry Club” brand was one of Emperor Franz-Joseph's favorite brands , he personally visited the Hubert pavilion at the Millennium Exhibition. It was a huge success for the company back then. A considerable part (70 to 80%) of the annual production was exported abroad and received numerous national and international awards.
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The year 1945 also meant the end of a family business for the Hubert company. Due to the Beneš decrees , the company was expropriated and nationalized in 1949. From 1952, no more champagne was produced in the parent company on Landstrasse. Production was relocated to Sereth ( Slov . Sereď ), but is currently still producing under the old family name.
The Hubert company is one of the few companies in today's Slovakia that has been able to maintain its existence from its foundation until today. Since 2000 the Hubert company has belonged to the German group Henkell & Söhnlein Sektkellereien KG in Wiesbaden .
literature
- Viera Obuchobá: Ondrejský cintorín. Bratislava 2004, pp. 56f and 81f, ISBN 80-88912-75-X . (Slovak)
- Anton Klipp: Pressburg. New views on an old city. Karpatendeutsches Kulturwerk, Karlsruhe 2010, ISBN 978-3-927020-15-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Anton Klipp: Preßburg ..., p. 87ff (see literature)
- ↑ Johann Fischer was elevated to hereditary nobility by Emperor Franz II because of his services . In the press at that time he traded under the name " Johann Fischer, kk Hof Specerey = and wine merchants in Preßburg ".
- ↑ As early as 1875, a Franz Hubert (probably a brother of Johann) is said to have been a co-owner of the company.
- ↑ Johann Evangelist Hubert (* 1849, † 1882) and his wife Pauline began to produce sparkling wine according to French recipes using the Mèthode champenoise that came from France . After the death of her husband Johann Evangelist, the company was continued as head of the company by his wife Pauline Hubert.
- ^ Johann Evangelist Hubert was buried in the family's hereditary funeral in the Andreas cemetery in Pressburg. The predominantly German and Hungarian graves in the cemetery were forcibly and willfully removed by the communist rulers of Czechoslovakia in the second half of the 20th century . This is what happened to the Hubert family's crypt . The tombstone with the German inscription was preserved and was put up again on the cemetery wall after the Velvet Revolution .
- ↑ An ancestor of Hubert's is said to have settled as a French soldier in Pressburg after the end of the Napoleonic Wars , because he fell in love with a girl there, whom he took as his wife and stayed in Pressburg until the end of his life and with champagne experimented. This statement circulated again and again in the city of Pressburg, but so far it has not been proven with any evidence.
- ↑ In 1896 the millennium celebrations were celebrated in all regions of the country on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of the Hungarian Kingdom ( land grabbing ). An exhibition was therefore opened in Budapest, which Emperor Franz Joseph also visited; On this occasion he also visited the Hubert stand and was full of praise for the sparkling wine that was offered to him (Gentry Club).
- ↑ Milan Moncoľ: Technické pamiatky Bratislavy (Technical Monuments of Pressburg), Bratislava 1985, p. 70 (Slovak)
- ↑ One of the founders of the sparkling wine cellar, Johann Fischer, was also buried in this grave.